#4E9E8A#4E9E8A

#4E9E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -29.57, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 29.72, 174.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0847 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.085 175)
XYZ	xyz(19.9542, 27.9067, 28.3748)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E8A #9E4E62

analogous

#4E9E62 #4E9E8A #4E8A9E

triadic

#4E9E8A #8A4E9E #9E8A4E

tetradic

#4E9E8A #624E9E #9E4E62 #8A9E4E

square

#4E9E8A #624E9E #9E4E62 #8A9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E8A #9E4E8A #9E624E

monochromatic

#264C42 #3A7566 #4E9E8A #71B9A7 #9ACDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4E9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E8A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E8A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbac',
    500: '#4e9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e8a;
$custom-light: #85bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.08499,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.27908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E8A

secondary

#BA8E99

accent

#5E79CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E8A

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

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