#4E9B97#4E9B97

#4E9B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.077 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B97
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -24.74, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 25.29, 191.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0752 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.077 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4469, 27.2950, 33.4631)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B97 #9B4E52

analogous

#4E9B70 #4E9B97 #4E789B

triadic

#4E9B97 #974E9B #9B974E

tetradic

#4E9B97 #704E9B #9B4E52 #789B4E

square

#4E9B97 #704E9B #9B4E52 #789B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B97 #9B4E78 #9B704E

monochromatic

#254A48 #3A726F #4E9B97 #6FB7B3 #98CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4E9B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B97

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B97	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.077 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8b5',
    500: '#4e9b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b97;
$custom-light: #86b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.883,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.07656,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B97

secondary

#B88D8F

accent

#5F64C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B97

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

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