#4E9E99#4E9E99

#4E9E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.079 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E99
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -25.72, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 26.19, 190.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0778 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.079 190)
XYZ	xyz(21.1161, 28.3715, 34.4943)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E99 #9E4E53

analogous

#4E9E71 #4E9E99 #4E7B9E

triadic

#4E9E99 #994E9E #9E994E

tetradic

#4E9E99 #714E9E #9E4E53 #7B9E4E

square

#4E9E99 #714E9E #9E4E53 #7B9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E99 #9E4E7B #9E714E

monochromatic

#264C4A #3A7571 #4E9E99 #71B9B4 #9ACDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E9E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4E9E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E99

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E99	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.079 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbb7',
    500: '#4e9e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e99;
$custom-light: #86bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64753,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.28373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E99

secondary

#BA8E91

accent

#5E65CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E99

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

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