#4E9F99#4E9F99

#4E9F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.080 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F99
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -26.22, -4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 26.60, 189.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.079 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.08 189)
XYZ	xyz(21.2874, 28.7140, 34.5514)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F99 #9F4E54

analogous

#4E9F71 #4E9F99 #4E7D9F

triadic

#4E9F99 #994E9F #9F994E

tetradic

#4E9F99 #714E9F #9F4E54 #7D9F4E

square

#4E9F99 #714E9F #9F4E54 #7D9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F99 #9F4E7D #9F714E

monochromatic

#264D4A #3A7671 #4E9F99 #71B9B4 #9ACDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4E9F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F99

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F99	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.080 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbb7',
    500: '#4e9f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f99;
$custom-light: #86bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.28716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F99

secondary

#BA8F92

accent

#5E66CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F99

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

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