#4E9996#4E9996

#4E9996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9996
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -24.00, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 24.65, 193.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0732 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.075 192)
XYZ	xyz(20.0359, 26.6024, 32.9272)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9996 #994E51

analogous

#4E9970 #4E9996 #4E7699

triadic

#4E9996 #964E99 #99964E

tetradic

#4E9996 #704E99 #994E51 #76994E

square

#4E9996 #704E99 #994E51 #76994E

split-complementary

#4E9996 #994E76 #99704E

monochromatic

#254847 #39706E #4E9996 #6FB5B3 #97CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4E9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9996

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9996	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b4',
    500: '#4e9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9996;
$custom-light: #86b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63418,
    "c": 0.07488,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.26604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9996

secondary

#B78C8E

accent

#5F63C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9996

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

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