#4E9896#4E9896

#4E9896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.074 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9896
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -23.49, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 24.26, 194.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.072 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.074 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8729, 26.2765, 32.8729)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9896 #984E50

analogous

#4E9871 #4E9896 #4E7598

triadic

#4E9896 #964E98 #98964E

tetradic

#4E9896 #714E98 #984E50 #75984E

square

#4E9896 #714E98 #984E50 #75984E

split-complementary

#4E9896 #984E75 #98714E

monochromatic

#244746 #39706E #4E9896 #6EB5B3 #97CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4E9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9896

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9896	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.074 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b4',
    500: '#4e9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9896;
$custom-light: #85b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.378,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.07398,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9896

secondary

#B68C8D

accent

#5F62C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9896

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

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