#4E9398#4E9398

#4E9398 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.070 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9398
RGB	rgb(78, 147, 152)
HSL	hsl(184, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -20.35, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 22.42, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0652 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.07 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2409, 24.7525, 33.4634)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9398 #98534E

analogous

#4E9878 #4E9398 #4E6E98

triadic

#4E9398 #984E93 #93984E

tetradic

#4E9398 #784E98 #98534E #6E984E

square

#4E9398 #784E98 #98534E #6E984E

split-complementary

#4E9398 #984E6E #98784E

monochromatic

#244547 #396C70 #4E9398 #6EB0B5 #97C6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E9398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4E9398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9398

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9398	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 147, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.070 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3b6',
    500: '#4e9398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9398;
$custom-light: #85b3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62014,
    "c": 0.07013,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9398

secondary

#B68F8C

accent

#675FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9398

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

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