#4E9897#4E9897

#4E9897 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.074 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9897
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -23.22, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 24.14, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0716 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.074 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9538, 26.3088, 33.2987)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9897 #984E4F

analogous

#4E9872 #4E9897 #4E7498

triadic

#4E9897 #974E98 #98974E

tetradic

#4E9897 #724E98 #984E4F #74984E

square

#4E9897 #724E98 #984E4F #74984E

split-complementary

#4E9897 #984E74 #98724E

monochromatic

#244747 #39706F #4E9897 #6EB5B4 #97CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E9897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4E9897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9897

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9897	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.074 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b5',
    500: '#4e9897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9897;
$custom-light: #86b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.189,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63206,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9897

secondary

#B68C8C

accent

#5F61C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9897

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

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