#4E9891#4E9891

#4E9891 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.075 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9891
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -24.82, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 25.06, 187.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0743 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.075 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4789, 26.1189, 30.7975)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9891 #984E55

analogous

#4E986C #4E9891 #4E7A98

triadic

#4E9891 #914E98 #98914E

tetradic

#4E9891 #6C4E98 #984E55 #7A984E

square

#4E9891 #6C4E98 #984E55 #7A984E

split-complementary

#4E9891 #984E7A #986C4E

monochromatic

#244744 #39706A #4E9891 #6EB5AE #97CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E9891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E9891 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9891

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9891	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#919191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.075 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b1',
    500: '#4e9891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9891;
$custom-light: #85b6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.324,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63002,
    "c": 0.07492,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9891

secondary

#B68C90

accent

#5F69C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9891

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

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