#4E9F8A#4E9F8A

#4E9F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.086 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F8A
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -30.06, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 30.25, 173.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0858 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.086 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1255, 28.2492, 28.4319)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F8A #9F4E63

analogous

#4E9F62 #4E9F8A #4E8C9F

triadic

#4E9F8A #8A4E9F #9F8A4E

tetradic

#4E9F8A #624E9F #9F4E63 #8C9F4E

square

#4E9F8A #624E9F #9F4E63 #8C9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F8A #9F4E8C #9F624E

monochromatic

#264D43 #3A7666 #4E9F8A #71B9A7 #9ACDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4E9F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F8A

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F8A	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.086 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcac',
    500: '#4e9f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f8a;
$custom-light: #86bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F8A

secondary

#BA8F9A

accent

#5E7ACA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F8A

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

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