#4EAE9C#4EAE9C

#4EAE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAE9C
RGB	rgb(78, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(169, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -32.73, 0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 32.74, 178.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0948 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.095 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2760, 34.2898, 36.7853)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAE9C #AE4E60

analogous

#4EAE6C #4EAE9C #4E90AE

triadic

#4EAE9C #9C4EAE #AE9C4E

tetradic

#4EAE9C #6C4EAE #AE4E60 #90AE4E

square

#4EAE9C #6C4EAE #AE4E60 #90AE4E

split-complementary

#4EAE9C #AE4E90 #AE6C4E

monochromatic

#285950 #3B8476 #4EAE9C #77C2B4 #A1D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4EAE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4EAE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAE9C

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAE9C	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6b9',
    500: '#4eae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eae9c;
$custom-light: #88c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.688,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAE9C

secondary

#C2969E

accent

#5A70CE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAE9C

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

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