#4E9C8B#4E9C8B

#4E9C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.082 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C8B
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -28.35, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 28.39, 176.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0818 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.082 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6886, 27.2590, 28.6451)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C8B #9C4E5F

analogous

#4E9C64 #4E9C8B #4E869C

triadic

#4E9C8B #8B4E9C #9C8B4E

tetradic

#4E9C8B #644E9C #9C4E5F #869C4E

square

#4E9C8B #644E9C #9C4E5F #869C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C8B #9C4E86 #9C644E

monochromatic

#254A42 #3A7367 #4E9C8B #70B7A8 #99CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E9C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C8B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C8B	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)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.082 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9ac',
    500: '#4e9c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c8b;
$custom-light: #85b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C8B

secondary

#B88D97

accent

#5E76C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C8B

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

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