#4E9F97#4E9F97

#4E9F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.080 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F97
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -26.75, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 26.97, 187.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0799 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.08 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1236, 28.6485, 33.6887)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F97 #9F4E56

analogous

#4E9F6F #4E9F97 #4E7F9F

triadic

#4E9F97 #974E9F #9F974E

tetradic

#4E9F97 #6F4E9F #9F4E56 #7F9F4E

square

#4E9F97 #6F4E9F #9F4E56 #7F9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F97 #9F4E7F #9F6F4E

monochromatic

#264D49 #3A7670 #4E9F97 #71B9B2 #9ACDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4E9F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F97

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F97	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.080 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbb5',
    500: '#4e9f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f97;
$custom-light: #86bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.074,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.08045,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F97

secondary

#BA8F93

accent

#5E68CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F97

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

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