#4E999E#4E999E

#4E999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.075 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E999E
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -21.81, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 23.91, 204.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0697 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.075 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7022, 26.8690, 36.4364)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E999E #9E534E

analogous

#4E9E7B #4E999E #4E719E

triadic

#4E999E #9E4E99 #999E4E

tetradic

#4E999E #7B4E9E #9E534E #719E4E

square

#4E999E #7B4E9E #9E534E #719E4E

split-complementary

#4E999E #9E4E71 #9E7B4E

monochromatic

#264A4C #3A7175 #4E999E #71B4B9 #9ACACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4E999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E999E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E999E	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.075 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7ba',
    500: '#4e999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e999e;
$custom-light: #86b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.637,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E999E

secondary

#BA918E

accent

#655ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E999E

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

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