#4E9B8B#4E9B8B

#4E9B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.081 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B8B
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -27.86, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 27.88, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0806 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.081 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5215, 26.9248, 28.5894)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B8B #9B4E5E

analogous

#4E9B64 #4E9B8B #4E849B

triadic

#4E9B8B #8B4E9B #9B8B4E

tetradic

#4E9B8B #644E9B #9B4E5E #849B4E

square

#4E9B8B #644E9B #9B4E5E #849B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B8B #9B4E84 #9B644E

monochromatic

#254A42 #3A7266 #4E9B8B #6FB7A8 #98CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E9B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4E9B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B8B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B8B	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.081 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9ac',
    500: '#4e9b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b8b;
$custom-light: #85b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.532,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63556,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B8B

secondary

#B88D96

accent

#5F75C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B8B

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

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