#4E9C8F#4E9C8F

#4E9C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.080 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C8F
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -27.34, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 27.35, 181.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.08 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.08 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9862, 27.3781, 30.2125)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C8F #9C4E5B

analogous

#4E9C68 #4E9C8F #4E829C

triadic

#4E9C8F #8F4E9C #9C8F4E

tetradic

#4E9C8F #684E9C #9C4E5B #829C4E

square

#4E9C8F #684E9C #9C4E5B #829C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C8F #9C4E82 #9C684E

monochromatic

#254A44 #3A736A #4E9C8F #70B7AB #99CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4E9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C8F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C8F	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.080 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9af',
    500: '#4e9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c8f;
$custom-light: #85b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63931,
    "c": 0.08001,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C8F

secondary

#B88D95

accent

#5E70C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C8F

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

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