#4E9E79#4E9E79

#4E9E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.098 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E79
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -33.54, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 35.60, 160.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0927 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.098 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8184, 27.4523, 22.3926)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E79 #9E4E73

analogous

#4E9E51 #4E9E79 #4E9B9E

triadic

#4E9E79 #794E9E #9E794E

tetradic

#4E9E79 #514E9E #9E4E73 #9B9E4E

square

#4E9E79 #514E9E #9E4E73 #9B9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E79 #9E4E9B #9E514E

monochromatic

#264C3A #3A755A #4E9E79 #71B997 #9ACDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E79

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E79	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.098 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb9f',
    500: '#4e9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e79;
$custom-light: #85bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63803,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E79

secondary

#BA8EA2

accent

#5E90CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E79

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

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