#4E9993#4E9993

#4E9993 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.075 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9993
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 147)
HSL	hsl(175, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 3.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -24.80, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 25.13, 189.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0746 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.075 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7974, 26.5071, 31.6712)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9993 #994E54

analogous

#4E996D #4E9993 #4E7999

triadic

#4E9993 #934E99 #99934E

tetradic

#4E9993 #6D4E99 #994E54 #79994E

square

#4E9993 #6D4E99 #994E54 #79994E

split-complementary

#4E9993 #994E79 #996D4E

monochromatic

#254845 #39706C #4E9993 #6FB5B0 #97CAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E9993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E9993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9993

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9993	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#929293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.075 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7b2',
    500: '#4e9993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9993;
$custom-light: #85b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63317,
    "c": 0.07544,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9993

secondary

#B78C90

accent

#5F68C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9993

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

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