#4E9E87#4E9E87

#4E9E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E87
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -30.31, 4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 30.64, 171.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0861 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.087 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7400, 27.8210, 27.2467)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E87 #9E4E65

analogous

#4E9E5F #4E9E87 #4E8D9E

triadic

#4E9E87 #874E9E #9E874E

tetradic

#4E9E87 #5F4E9E #9E4E65 #8D9E4E

square

#4E9E87 #5F4E9E #9E4E65 #8D9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E87 #9E4E8D #9E5F4E

monochromatic

#264C41 #3A7564 #4E9E87 #71B9A4 #9ACDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E9E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E9E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E87

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E87	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbaa',
    500: '#4e9e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e87;
$custom-light: #85bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64187,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E87

secondary

#BA8E9B

accent

#5E7DCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E87

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

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