#4E9A9F#4E9A9F

#4E9A9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.076 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9A9F
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -22.04, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 24.15, 204.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0705 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.076 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9530, 27.2323, 36.9463)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9A9F #9F534E

analogous

#4E9F7C #4E9A9F #4E729F

triadic

#4E9A9F #9F4E9A #9A9F4E

tetradic

#4E9A9F #7C4E9F #9F534E #729F4E

square

#4E9A9F #7C4E9F #9F534E #729F4E

split-complementary

#4E9A9F #9F4E72 #9F7C4E

monochromatic

#264A4D #3A7276 #4E9A9F #71B5B9 #9ACACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E9A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E9A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9A9F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9A9F	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.076 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8bb',
    500: '#4e9a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9a9f;
$custom-light: #86b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.704,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9A9F

secondary

#BA918F

accent

#645ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9A9F

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

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