#4E9D8F#4E9D8F

#4E9D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.081 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D8F
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(169, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -27.83, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 27.83, 180.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0812 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.081 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1547, 27.7151, 30.2687)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D8F #9D4E5C

analogous

#4E9D67 #4E9D8F #4E839D

triadic

#4E9D8F #8F4E9D #9D8F4E

tetradic

#4E9D8F #674E9D #9D4E5C #839D4E

square

#4E9D8F #674E9D #9D4E5C #839D4E

split-complementary

#4E9D8F #9D4E83 #9D674E

monochromatic

#254B45 #3A746A #4E9D8F #70B8AB #99CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E9D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4E9D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D8F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D8F	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)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.081 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baaf',
    500: '#4e9d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d8f;
$custom-light: #86baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.367,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64179,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D8F

secondary

#B98E95

accent

#5E71CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D8F

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

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