#4E9D96#4E9D96

#4E9D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.079 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D96
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -26.02, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 26.29, 188.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.078 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.079 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7016, 27.9338, 33.1491)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D96 #9D4E55

analogous

#4E9D6E #4E9D96 #4E7C9D

triadic

#4E9D96 #964E9D #9D964E

tetradic

#4E9D96 #6E4E9D #9D4E55 #7C9D4E

square

#4E9D96 #6E4E9D #9D4E55 #7C9D4E

split-complementary

#4E9D96 #9D4E7C #9D6E4E

monochromatic

#254B48 #3A746F #4E9D96 #70B8B2 #99CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E9D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4E9D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D96

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D96	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.079 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bab4',
    500: '#4e9d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d96;
$custom-light: #86bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.684,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64406,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D96

secondary

#B98E92

accent

#5E68CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D96

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

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