#4E9788#4E9788

#4E9788 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.077 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9788
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 136)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -26.64, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 26.65, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0772 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.077 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6506, 25.5290, 27.2325)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9788 #974E5D

analogous

#4E9763 #4E9788 #4E8297

triadic

#4E9788 #884E97 #97884E

tetradic

#4E9788 #634E97 #974E5D #82974E

square

#4E9788 #634E97 #974E5D #82974E

split-complementary

#4E9788 #974E82 #97634E

monochromatic

#24463F #396F64 #4E9788 #6EB4A6 #96C9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E9788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4E9788 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9788

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9788	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.077 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6aa',
    500: '#4e9788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9788;
$custom-light: #85b6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9788

secondary

#B68B94

accent

#6075C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9788

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

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