#4E9B99#4E9B99

#4E9B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.076 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B99
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -24.21, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 25.01, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0743 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.076 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6107, 27.3605, 34.3258)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B99 #9B4E50

analogous

#4E9B72 #4E9B99 #4E769B

triadic

#4E9B99 #994E9B #9B994E

tetradic

#4E9B99 #724E9B #9B4E50 #769B4E

square

#4E9B99 #724E9B #9B4E50 #769B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B99 #9B4E76 #9B724E

monochromatic

#254A49 #3A7271 #4E9B99 #6FB7B5 #98CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E9B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4E9B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B99

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B99	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.076 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8b7',
    500: '#4e9b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b99;
$custom-light: #86b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.442,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.07629,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B99

secondary

#B88D8E

accent

#5F61C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B99

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

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