#4E9B8F#4E9B8F

#4E9B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.079 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B8F
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -26.84, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 26.86, 182.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0788 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.079 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8191, 27.0439, 30.1568)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B8F #9B4E5A

analogous

#4E9B68 #4E9B8F #4E809B

triadic

#4E9B8F #8F4E9B #9B8F4E

tetradic

#4E9B8F #684E9B #9B4E5A #809B4E

square

#4E9B8F #684E9B #9B4E5A #809B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B8F #9B4E80 #9B684E

monochromatic

#254A44 #3A7269 #4E9B8F #6FB7AC #98CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E9B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4E9B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B8F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B8F	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)

#95938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.079 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9af',
    500: '#4e9b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b8f;
$custom-light: #85b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.649,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B8F

secondary

#B88D94

accent

#5F6FC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B8F

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

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