#4E9C96#4E9C96

#4E9C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.078 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C96
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -25.51, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 25.87, 189.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0768 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.078 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5331, 27.5968, 33.0929)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C96 #9C4E54

analogous

#4E9C6F #4E9C96 #4E7B9C

triadic

#4E9C96 #964E9C #9C964E

tetradic

#4E9C96 #6F4E9C #9C4E54 #7B9C4E

square

#4E9C96 #6F4E9C #9C4E54 #7B9C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C96 #9C4E7B #9C6F4E

monochromatic

#254A48 #3A736F #4E9C96 #70B7B2 #99CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E9C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4E9C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C96

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C96	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.078 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9b4',
    500: '#4e9c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c96;
$custom-light: #86b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64159,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C96

secondary

#B88D91

accent

#5E67C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C96

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

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