#4E9997#4E9997

#4E9997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.075 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9997
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -23.73, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 24.51, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0728 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.075 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1168, 26.6348, 33.3531)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9997 #994E50

analogous

#4E9971 #4E9997 #4E7599

triadic

#4E9997 #974E99 #99974E

tetradic

#4E9997 #714E99 #994E50 #75994E

square

#4E9997 #714E99 #994E50 #75994E

split-complementary

#4E9997 #994E75 #99714E

monochromatic

#254847 #39706F #4E9997 #6FB5B4 #97CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4E9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9997

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9997	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.075 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b5',
    500: '#4e9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9997;
$custom-light: #86b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9997

secondary

#B78C8D

accent

#5F62C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9997

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

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