#4E999B#4E999B

#4E999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.075 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E999B
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -22.64, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 24.09, 199.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.071 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.075 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4471, 26.7669, 35.0930)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E999B #9B504E

analogous

#4E9B76 #4E999B #4E729B

triadic

#4E999B #9B4E99 #999B4E

tetradic

#4E999B #764E9B #9B504E #729B4E

square

#4E999B #764E9B #9B504E #729B4E

split-complementary

#4E999B #9B4E72 #9B764E

monochromatic

#25494A #3A7172 #4E999B #6FB5B7 #98CACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E999B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E999B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E999B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E999B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E999B	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)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.075 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b8',
    500: '#4e999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e999b;
$custom-light: #86b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63593,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E999B

secondary

#B88E8D

accent

#615FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E999B

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

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