#4E9A99#4E9A99

#4E9A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.075 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9A99
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -23.70, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 24.63, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0731 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.075 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4449, 27.0290, 34.2705)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9A99 #9A4E4F

analogous

#4E9A73 #4E9A99 #4E759A

triadic

#4E9A99 #994E9A #9A994E

tetradic

#4E9A99 #734E9A #9A4E4F #759A4E

square

#4E9A99 #734E9A #9A4E4F #759A4E

split-complementary

#4E9A99 #9A4E75 #9A734E

monochromatic

#254948 #397171 #4E9A99 #6FB6B5 #98CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E9A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4E9A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9A99

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9A99	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.075 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8b7',
    500: '#4e9a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9a99;
$custom-light: #86b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.211,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63768,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9A99

secondary

#B78D8D

accent

#5F60C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9A99

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

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