#4E9E9A#4E9E9A

#4E9E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.079 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E9A
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -25.45, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.03, 192.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0774 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.079 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1991, 28.4046, 34.9311)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E9A #9E4E52

analogous

#4E9E72 #4E9E9A #4E7A9E

triadic

#4E9E9A #9A4E9E #9E9A4E

tetradic

#4E9E9A #724E9E #9E4E52 #7A9E4E

square

#4E9E9A #724E9E #9E4E52 #7A9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E9A #9E4E7A #9E724E

monochromatic

#264C4A #3A7572 #4E9E9A #71B9B5 #9ACDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E9E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#4E9E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E9A

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E9A	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.079 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbb7',
    500: '#4e9e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e9a;
$custom-light: #86bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64787,
    "c": 0.07883,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E9A

secondary

#BA8E90

accent

#5E63CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E9A

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

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