#4E9C8D#4E9C8D

#4E9C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.081 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C8D
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -27.85, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 27.85, 179.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0809 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.081 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8360, 27.3180, 29.4217)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C8D #9C4E5D

analogous

#4E9C66 #4E9C8D #4E849C

triadic

#4E9C8D #8D4E9C #9C8D4E

tetradic

#4E9C8D #664E9C #9C4E5D #849C4E

square

#4E9C8D #664E9C #9C4E5D #849C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C8D #9C4E84 #9C664E

monochromatic

#254A43 #3A7368 #4E9C8D #70B7AA #99CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4E9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C8D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C8D	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)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.081 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9ae',
    500: '#4e9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c8d;
$custom-light: #85b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63868,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C8D

secondary

#B88D96

accent

#5E73C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C8D

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

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