#4E9995#4E9995

#4E9995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9995
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 2.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -24.27, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 24.79, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0737 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.075 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9557, 26.5704, 32.5049)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9995 #994E52

analogous

#4E996F #4E9995 #4E7799

triadic

#4E9995 #954E99 #99954E

tetradic

#4E9995 #6F4E99 #994E52 #77994E

square

#4E9995 #6F4E99 #994E52 #77994E

split-complementary

#4E9995 #994E77 #996F4E

monochromatic

#254846 #39706E #4E9995 #6FB5B2 #97CAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9995

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9995	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)

#929295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b4',
    500: '#4e9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9995;
$custom-light: #86b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63384,
    "c": 0.07503,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9995

secondary

#B78C8E

accent

#5F65C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9995

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

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