#4E9895#4E9895

#4E9895 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.074 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9895
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 149)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -23.76, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 24.40, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0725 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.074 192)
XYZ	xyz(19.7927, 26.2444, 32.4506)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9895 #984E51

analogous

#4E9870 #4E9895 #4E7698

triadic

#4E9895 #954E98 #98954E

tetradic

#4E9895 #704E98 #984E51 #76984E

square

#4E9895 #704E98 #984E51 #76984E

split-complementary

#4E9895 #984E76 #98704E

monochromatic

#244746 #39706D #4E9895 #6EB5B2 #97CAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E9895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4E9895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9895

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9895	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.074 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b4',
    500: '#4e9895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9895;
$custom-light: #85b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.568,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63137,
    "c": 0.07411,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.26246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9895

secondary

#B68C8D

accent

#5F64C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9895

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

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