#4E9C97#4E9C97

#4E9C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.077 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C97
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -25.25, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 25.70, 190.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0763 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.078 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6140, 27.6292, 33.5188)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C97 #9C4E53

analogous

#4E9C70 #4E9C97 #4E7A9C

triadic

#4E9C97 #974E9C #9C974E

tetradic

#4E9C97 #704E9C #9C4E53 #7A9C4E

square

#4E9C97 #704E9C #9C4E53 #7A9C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C97 #9C4E7A #9C704E

monochromatic

#254A48 #3A7370 #4E9C97 #70B7B3 #99CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E9C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E9C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C97

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C97	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.077 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9b5',
    500: '#4e9c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c97;
$custom-light: #86b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.154,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64192,
    "c": 0.0775,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C97

secondary

#B88D90

accent

#5E65C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C97

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

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