#4E9488#4E9488

#4E9488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.074 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9488
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 0%, 8.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -25.13, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 25.14, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0736 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.074 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1739, 24.5756, 27.0736)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9488 #944E5A

analogous

#4E9465 #4E9488 #4E7D94

triadic

#4E9488 #884E94 #94884E

tetradic

#4E9488 #654E94 #944E5A #7D944E

square

#4E9488 #654E94 #944E5A #7D944E

split-complementary

#4E9488 #944E7D #94654E

monochromatic

#24443E #396C63 #4E9488 #6DB2A6 #95C7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9488

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9488	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.074 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b3aa',
    500: '#4e9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9488;
$custom-light: #84b3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61715,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9488

secondary

#B48A91

accent

#6172C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9488

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

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