#4E9A8D#4E9A8D

#4E9A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.079 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9A8D
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -26.86, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 26.86, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0785 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.079 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5032, 26.6523, 29.3108)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9A8D #9A4E5B

analogous

#4E9A67 #4E9A8D #4E819A

triadic

#4E9A8D #8D4E9A #9A8D4E

tetradic

#4E9A8D #674E9A #9A4E5B #819A4E

square

#4E9A8D #674E9A #9A4E5B #819A4E

split-complementary

#4E9A8D #9A4E81 #9A674E

monochromatic

#254943 #397168 #4E9A8D #6FB6AA #98CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E9A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4E9A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9A8D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9A8D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.079 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ae',
    500: '#4e9a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9a8d;
$custom-light: #85b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.737,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9A8D

secondary

#B78D94

accent

#5F71C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9A8D

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

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