#4EA499#4EA499

#4EA499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.085 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA499
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -28.69, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 28.78, 184.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0848 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.085 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1647, 30.4685, 34.8438)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA499 #A44E59

analogous

#4EA46E #4EA499 #4E84A4

triadic

#4EA499 #994EA4 #A4994E

tetradic

#4EA499 #6E4EA4 #A44E59 #84A44E

square

#4EA499 #6E4EA4 #A44E59 #84A44E

split-complementary

#4EA499 #A44E84 #A46E4E

monochromatic

#27514C #3A7B72 #4EA499 #73BCB3 #9CD0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4EA499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#4EA499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA499

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA499	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.085 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfb7',
    500: '#4ea499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea499;
$custom-light: #87bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.326,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66234,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA499

secondary

#BD9197

accent

#5C6ACC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA499

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

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