#4E9798#4E9798

#4E9798 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.073 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9798
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -22.43, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 23.68, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.07 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.073 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8737, 26.0182, 33.6744)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9798 #984F4E

analogous

#4E9874 #4E9798 #4E7298

triadic

#4E9798 #984E97 #97984E

tetradic

#4E9798 #744E98 #984F4E #72984E

square

#4E9798 #744E98 #984F4E #72984E

split-complementary

#4E9798 #984E72 #98744E

monochromatic

#244747 #396F70 #4E9798 #6EB4B5 #97C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E9798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4E9798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9798

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9798	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.073 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b6',
    500: '#4e9798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9798;
$custom-light: #86b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62995,
    "c": 0.07302,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9798

secondary

#B68C8C

accent

#615FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9798

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

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