#4E9E97#4E9E97

#4E9E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.079 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E97
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -26.25, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 26.54, 188.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0787 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.079 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9523, 28.3059, 33.6316)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E97 #9E4E55

analogous

#4E9E6F #4E9E97 #4E7D9E

triadic

#4E9E97 #974E9E #9E974E

tetradic

#4E9E97 #6F4E9E #9E4E55 #7D9E4E

square

#4E9E97 #6F4E9E #9E4E55 #7D9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E97 #9E4E7D #9E6F4E

monochromatic

#264C49 #3A7570 #4E9E97 #71B9B2 #9ACDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E9E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E9E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E97

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E97	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.079 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbb5',
    500: '#4e9e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e97;
$custom-light: #86bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64686,
    "c": 0.07945,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E97

secondary

#BA8E92

accent

#5E67CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E97

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

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