#4E9F87#4E9F87

#4E9F87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.088 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F87
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 135)
HSL	hsl(162, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 15.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -30.79, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 31.19, 170.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0873 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.088 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9113, 28.1635, 27.3038)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F87 #9F4E66

analogous

#4E9F5F #4E9F87 #4E8F9F

triadic

#4E9F87 #874E9F #9F874E

tetradic

#4E9F87 #5F4E9F #9F4E66 #8F9F4E

square

#4E9F87 #5F4E9F #9F4E66 #8F9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F87 #9F4E8F #9F5F4E

monochromatic

#264D41 #3A7664 #4E9F87 #71B9A4 #9ACDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E9F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#4E9F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F87

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F87	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.088 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcaa',
    500: '#4e9f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f87;
$custom-light: #85bcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.222,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64438,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F87

secondary

#BA8F9C

accent

#5E7ECA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F87

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

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