#4EAA9F#4EAA9F

#4EAA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.089 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAA9F
RGB	rgb(78, 170, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -30.04, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 30.16, 185.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0889 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.089 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7719, 32.8701, 37.8860)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAA9F #AA4E59

analogous

#4EAA71 #4EAA9F #4E87AA

triadic

#4EAA9F #9F4EAA #AA9F4E

tetradic

#4EAA9F #714EAA #AA4E59 #87AA4E

square

#4EAA9F #714EAA #AA4E59 #87AA4E

split-complementary

#4EAA9F #AA4E87 #AA714E

monochromatic

#285651 #3B8078 #4EAA9F #75C0B7 #9FD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4EAA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#4EAA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAA9F

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAA9F	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eaa9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 170, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.089 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3bb',
    500: '#4eaa9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eaa9f;
$custom-light: #88c3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eaa9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67907,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAA9F

secondary

#C09499

accent

#5B68CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAA9F

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

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