#4E9689#4E9689

#4E9689 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.076 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9689
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 0%, 8.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -25.88, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 25.88, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0755 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.076 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5617, 25.2370, 27.5551)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9689 #964E5B

analogous

#4E9665 #4E9689 #4E7F96

triadic

#4E9689 #894E96 #96894E

tetradic

#4E9689 #654E96 #964E5B #7F964E

square

#4E9689 #654E96 #964E5B #7F964E

split-complementary

#4E9689 #964E7F #96654E

monochromatic

#24453F #396E64 #4E9689 #6EB3A7 #96C8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E9689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4E9689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9689

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9689	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.076 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5ab',
    500: '#4e9689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9689;
$custom-light: #85b5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9689

secondary

#B58B92

accent

#6073C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9689

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

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