#4E9889#4E9889

#4E9889 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.078 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9889
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 137)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -26.88, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 26.89, 178.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.078 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.078 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8836, 25.8807, 27.6624)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9889 #984E5D

analogous

#4E9864 #4E9889 #4E8298

triadic

#4E9889 #894E98 #98894E

tetradic

#4E9889 #644E98 #984E5D #82984E

square

#4E9889 #644E98 #984E5D #82984E

split-complementary

#4E9889 #984E82 #98644E

monochromatic

#244740 #397065 #4E9889 #6EB5A7 #97CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E9889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E9889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9889

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9889	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.078 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6ab',
    500: '#4e9889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9889;
$custom-light: #85b6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62745,
    "c": 0.07798,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9889

secondary

#B68C94

accent

#5F75C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9889

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

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