#4E9B8A#4E9B8A

#4E9B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.081 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B8A
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -28.11, 1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 28.16, 176.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0811 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.081 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4487, 26.8957, 28.2063)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B8A #9B4E5F

analogous

#4E9B63 #4E9B8A #4E859B

triadic

#4E9B8A #8A4E9B #9B8A4E

tetradic

#4E9B8A #634E9B #9B4E5F #859B4E

square

#4E9B8A #634E9B #9B4E5F #859B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B8A #9B4E85 #9B634E

monochromatic

#254A42 #3A7266 #4E9B8A #6FB7A7 #98CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4E9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B8A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.081 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9ac',
    500: '#4e9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b8a;
$custom-light: #85b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.753,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B8A

secondary

#B88D96

accent

#5F76C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B8A

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

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