#4E9F78#4E9F78

#4E9F78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F78
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 120)
HSL	hsl(151, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(151, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -34.22, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 36.57, 159.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0944 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.1 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9286, 27.7705, 22.1284)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F78 #9F4E75

analogous

#4E9F50 #4E9F78 #4E9E9F

triadic

#4E9F78 #784E9F #9F784E

tetradic

#4E9F78 #504E9F #9F4E75 #9E9F4E

square

#4E9F78 #504E9F #9F4E75 #9E9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F78 #9F4E9E #9F504E

monochromatic

#264D3A #3A7659 #4E9F78 #71B996 #9ACDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E9F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4E9F78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F78

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F78	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bc9f',
    500: '#4e9f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f78;
$custom-light: #85bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.111,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64032,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F78

secondary

#BA8FA4

accent

#5E92CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F78

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