#4E9999#4E9999

#4E9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.075 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9999
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -23.19, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 24.27, 197.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0719 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.075 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2806, 26.7003, 34.2157)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9999 #994E4E

analogous

#4E9973 #4E9999 #4E7399

triadic

#4E9999 #994E99 #99994E

tetradic

#4E9999 #734E99 #994E4E #73994E

square

#4E9999 #734E99 #994E4E #73994E

split-complementary

#4E9999 #994E73 #99734E

monochromatic

#254848 #397070 #4E9999 #6FB5B5 #97CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4E9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9999

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9999	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.075 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b7',
    500: '#4e9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9999;
$custom-light: #86b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63522,
    "c": 0.0746,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9999

secondary

#B78C8C

accent

#5F5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9999

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

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