#4E9B96#4E9B96

#4E9B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.077 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B96
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -25.01, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 25.45, 190.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0756 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.077 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3660, 27.2626, 33.0372)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B96 #9B4E53

analogous

#4E9B6F #4E9B96 #4E799B

triadic

#4E9B96 #964E9B #9B964E

tetradic

#4E9B96 #6F4E9B #9B4E53 #799B4E

square

#4E9B96 #6F4E9B #9B4E53 #799B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B96 #9B4E79 #9B6F4E

monochromatic

#254A47 #3A726F #4E9B96 #6FB7B2 #98CBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E9B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B96

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B96	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.077 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9b4',
    500: '#4e9b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b96;
$custom-light: #86b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.104,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B96

secondary

#B88D90

accent

#5F66C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B96

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

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