#4E9698#4E9698

#4E9698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.072 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9698
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -21.92, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 23.34, 200.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0688 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.072 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7135, 25.6977, 33.6210)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9698 #98504E

analogous

#4E9875 #4E9698 #4E7198

triadic

#4E9698 #984E96 #96984E

tetradic

#4E9698 #754E98 #98504E #71984E

square

#4E9698 #754E98 #98504E #71984E

split-complementary

#4E9698 #984E71 #98754E

monochromatic

#244647 #396E70 #4E9698 #6EB3B5 #97C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E9698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4E9698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9698

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9698	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.072 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5b6',
    500: '#4e9698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9698;
$custom-light: #85b5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6275,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9698

secondary

#B68D8C

accent

#625FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9698

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

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