#4E9D97#4E9D97

#4E9D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.078 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D97
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -25.75, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 26.11, 189.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0775 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.078 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7825, 27.9662, 33.5750)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D97 #9D4E54

analogous

#4E9D6F #4E9D97 #4E7B9D

triadic

#4E9D97 #974E9D #9D974E

tetradic

#4E9D97 #6F4E9D #9D4E54 #7B9D4E

square

#4E9D97 #6F4E9D #9D4E54 #7B9D4E

split-complementary

#4E9D97 #9D4E7B #9D6F4E

monochromatic

#254B48 #3A7470 #4E9D97 #70B8B3 #99CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4E9D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D97

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D97	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.078 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bab5',
    500: '#4e9d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d97;
$custom-light: #86bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.443,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64439,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D97

secondary

#B98E91

accent

#5E66CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D97

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

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