#4E9C99#4E9C99

#4E9C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.077 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9C99
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -24.71, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 25.39, 193.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0754 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.077 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7778, 27.6947, 34.3815)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9C99 #9C4E51

analogous

#4E9C72 #4E9C99 #4E789C

triadic

#4E9C99 #994E9C #9C994E

tetradic

#4E9C99 #724E9C #9C4E51 #789C4E

square

#4E9C99 #724E9C #9C4E51 #789C4E

split-complementary

#4E9C99 #9C4E78 #9C724E

monochromatic

#254A49 #3A7371 #4E9C99 #70B7B5 #99CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E9C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4E9C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9C99

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9C99	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.077 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9b7',
    500: '#4e9c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9c99;
$custom-light: #86b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6426,
    "c": 0.07716,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9C99

secondary

#B88D8F

accent

#5E62C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9C99

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

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