#4E9890#4E9890

#4E9890 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.075 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9890
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 144)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -25.08, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 25.25, 186.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0747 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.075 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4021, 26.0881, 30.3932)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9890 #984E56

analogous

#4E986B #4E9890 #4E7B98

triadic

#4E9890 #904E98 #98904E

tetradic

#4E9890 #6B4E98 #984E56 #7B984E

square

#4E9890 #6B4E98 #984E56 #7B984E

split-complementary

#4E9890 #984E7B #986B4E

monochromatic

#244743 #39706A #4E9890 #6EB5AD #97CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E9890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E9890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9890

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9890	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.075 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b0',
    500: '#4e9890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9890;
$custom-light: #85b6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62969,
    "c": 0.0752,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9890

secondary

#B68C90

accent

#5F6BC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9890

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

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