#4E9C8A#4E9C8A

#4E9C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.082 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C8A
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -28.60, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 28.68, 175.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0823 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.082 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6158, 27.2299, 28.2620)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C8A #9C4E60

analogous

#4E9C63 #4E9C8A #4E879C

triadic

#4E9C8A #8A4E9C #9C8A4E

tetradic

#4E9C8A #634E9C #9C4E60 #879C4E

square

#4E9C8A #634E9C #9C4E60 #879C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C8A #9C4E87 #9C634E

monochromatic

#254A42 #3A7366 #4E9C8A #70B7A7 #99CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C8A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C8A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.082 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9ac',
    500: '#4e9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c8a;
$custom-light: #85b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63775,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C8A

secondary

#B88D97

accent

#5E77C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C8A

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

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