#4E9598#4E9598

#4E9598 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.072 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9598
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 152)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -21.40, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 23.02, 201.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0676 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.072 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5546, 25.3799, 33.5680)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9598 #98514E

analogous

#4E9876 #4E9598 #4E7098

triadic

#4E9598 #984E95 #95984E

tetradic

#4E9598 #764E98 #98514E #70984E

square

#4E9598 #764E98 #98514E #70984E

split-complementary

#4E9598 #984E70 #98764E

monochromatic

#244647 #396D70 #4E9598 #6EB2B5 #97C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E9598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4E9598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9598

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9598	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.072 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4b6',
    500: '#4e9598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9598;
$custom-light: #85b4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62504,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9598

secondary

#B68D8C

accent

#645FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9598

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

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