#4E9D8A#4E9D8A

#4E9D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.084 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D8A
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -29.09, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 29.20, 175.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0835 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.084 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7843, 27.5669, 28.3182)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D8A #9D4E61

analogous

#4E9D62 #4E9D8A #4E889D

triadic

#4E9D8A #8A4E9D #9D8A4E

tetradic

#4E9D8A #624E9D #9D4E61 #889D4E

square

#4E9D8A #624E9D #9D4E61 #889D4E

split-complementary

#4E9D8A #9D4E88 #9D624E

monochromatic

#254B42 #3A7466 #4E9D8A #70B8A7 #99CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4E9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D8A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D8A	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.084 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85baac',
    500: '#4e9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d8a;
$custom-light: #85baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.57,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64025,
    "c": 0.08371,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D8A

secondary

#B98E98

accent

#5E78CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D8A

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

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