#4E999A#4E999A

#4E999A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.075 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E999A
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -22.91, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 24.17, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0715 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.075 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3635, 26.7335, 34.6526)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E999A #9A4F4E

analogous

#4E9A75 #4E999A #4E739A

triadic

#4E999A #9A4E99 #999A4E

tetradic

#4E999A #754E9A #9A4F4E #739A4E

square

#4E999A #754E9A #9A4F4E #739A4E

split-complementary

#4E999A #9A4E73 #9A754E

monochromatic

#254849 #397171 #4E999A #6FB5B6 #98CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E999A

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E999A	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.075 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b7',
    500: '#4e999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e999a;
$custom-light: #86b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.789,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63557,
    "c": 0.07457,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E999A

secondary

#B78D8D

accent

#605FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E999A

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

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