#4E9A8A#4E9A8A

#4E9A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.080 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9A8A
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -27.62, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 27.64, 177.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0799 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.08 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2830, 26.5643, 28.1511)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9A8A #9A4E5E

analogous

#4E9A64 #4E9A8A #4E849A

triadic

#4E9A8A #8A4E9A #9A8A4E

tetradic

#4E9A8A #644E9A #9A4E5E #849A4E

square

#4E9A8A #644E9A #9A4E5E #849A4E

split-complementary

#4E9A8A #9A4E84 #9A644E

monochromatic

#254941 #397166 #4E9A8A #6FB6A7 #98CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E9A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E9A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9A8A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9A8A	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.080 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ac',
    500: '#4e9a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9a8a;
$custom-light: #85b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63276,
    "c": 0.07994,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9A8A

secondary

#B78D96

accent

#5F75C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9A8A

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

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