#4EA599#4EA599

#4EA599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.086 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA599
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -29.18, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 29.23, 183.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0859 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.086 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3443, 30.8278, 34.9037)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA599 #A54E5A

analogous

#4EA56D #4EA599 #4E85A5

triadic

#4EA599 #994EA5 #A5994E

tetradic

#4EA599 #6D4EA5 #A54E5A #85A54E

square

#4EA599 #6D4EA5 #A54E5A #85A54E

split-complementary

#4EA599 #A54E85 #A56D4E

monochromatic

#27524C #3A7B72 #4EA599 #73BDB3 #9DD1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4EA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#4EA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA599

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA599	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.086 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0b7',
    500: '#4ea599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea599;
$custom-light: #87c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA599

secondary

#BD9198

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA599

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

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