#4E9991#4E9991

#4E9991 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.076 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9991
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -25.33, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 25.50, 186.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0755 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.076 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6419, 26.4448, 30.8519)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9991 #994E56

analogous

#4E996B #4E9991 #4E7B99

triadic

#4E9991 #914E99 #99914E

tetradic

#4E9991 #6B4E99 #994E56 #7B994E

square

#4E9991 #6B4E99 #994E56 #7B994E

split-complementary

#4E9991 #994E7B #996B4E

monochromatic

#254844 #39706B #4E9991 #6FB5AE #97CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E9991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4E9991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9991

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9991	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.076 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7b1',
    500: '#4e9991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9991;
$custom-light: #85b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.07596,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9991

secondary

#B78C91

accent

#5F6AC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9991

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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