#4E9588#4E9588

#4E9588 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.075 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9588
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -25.64, -0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 25.64, 180.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0748 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.075 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3314, 24.8907, 27.1262)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9588 #954E5B

analogous

#4E9565 #4E9588 #4E7F95

triadic

#4E9588 #884E95 #95884E

tetradic

#4E9588 #654E95 #954E5B #7F954E

square

#4E9588 #654E95 #954E5B #7F954E

split-complementary

#4E9588 #954E7F #95654E

monochromatic

#24453F #396D63 #4E9588 #6DB3A6 #96C8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E9588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4E9588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9588

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9588	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.075 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b4aa',
    500: '#4e9588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9588;
$custom-light: #84b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61964,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9588

secondary

#B48A92

accent

#6073C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9588

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

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