#4E9992#4E9992

#4E9992 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.076 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9992
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 146)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 4.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -25.06, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 25.31, 187.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.075 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.076 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7193, 26.4758, 31.2597)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9992 #994E55

analogous

#4E996C #4E9992 #4E7A99

triadic

#4E9992 #924E99 #99924E

tetradic

#4E9992 #6C4E99 #994E55 #7A994E

square

#4E9992 #6C4E99 #994E55 #7A994E

split-complementary

#4E9992 #994E7A #996C4E

monochromatic

#254845 #39706B #4E9992 #6FB5AF #97CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E9992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E9992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9992

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9992	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.076 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7b1',
    500: '#4e9992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9992;
$custom-light: #85b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63283,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9992

secondary

#B78C90

accent

#5F69C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9992

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

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