#4E9994#4E9994

#4E9994 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.075 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9994
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 148)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 3.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -24.53, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 24.95, 190.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0741 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.075 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8762, 26.5386, 32.0863)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9994 #994E53

analogous

#4E996E #4E9994 #4E7899

triadic

#4E9994 #944E99 #99944E

tetradic

#4E9994 #6E4E99 #994E53 #78994E

square

#4E9994 #6E4E99 #994E53 #78994E

split-complementary

#4E9994 #994E78 #996E4E

monochromatic

#254846 #39706D #4E9994 #6FB5B1 #97CAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E9994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E9994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9994

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9994	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.075 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7b3',
    500: '#4e9994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9994;
$custom-light: #85b7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6335,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9994

secondary

#B78C8F

accent

#5F66C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9994

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

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