#4E9E85#4E9E85

#4E9E85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E85
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 133)
HSL	hsl(161, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 15.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -30.79, 5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 31.29, 169.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.087 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.088 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6005, 27.7652, 26.5121)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E85 #9E4E67

analogous

#4E9E5D #4E9E85 #4E8F9E

triadic

#4E9E85 #854E9E #9E854E

tetradic

#4E9E85 #5D4E9E #9E4E67 #8F9E4E

square

#4E9E85 #5D4E9E #9E4E67 #8F9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E85 #9E4E8F #9E5D4E

monochromatic

#264C40 #3A7563 #4E9E85 #71B9A2 #9ACDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E9E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4E9E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E85

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E85	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bba8',
    500: '#4e9e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e85;
$custom-light: #85bba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64129,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E85

secondary

#BA8E9C

accent

#5E80CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E85

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

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