#4E9E8D#4E9E8D

#4E9E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E8D
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -28.83, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 28.86, 177.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0833 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.083 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1744, 27.9948, 29.5345)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E8D #9E4E5F

analogous

#4E9E65 #4E9E8D #4E879E

triadic

#4E9E8D #8D4E9E #9E8D4E

tetradic

#4E9E8D #654E9E #9E4E5F #879E4E

square

#4E9E8D #654E9E #9E4E5F #879E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E8D #9E4E87 #9E654E

monochromatic

#264C44 #3A7568 #4E9E8D #71B9A9 #9ACDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4E9E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E8D

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E8D	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbae',
    500: '#4e9e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e8d;
$custom-light: #86bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64367,
    "c": 0.08334,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E8D

secondary

#BA8E97

accent

#5E75CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E8D

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

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