#4E9898#4E9898

#4E9898 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.074 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9898
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -22.95, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 24.02, 197.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0712 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.074 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0353, 26.3414, 33.7283)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9898 #984E4E

analogous

#4E9873 #4E9898 #4E7398

triadic

#4E9898 #984E98 #98984E

tetradic

#4E9898 #734E98 #984E4E #73984E

square

#4E9898 #734E98 #984E4E #73984E

split-complementary

#4E9898 #984E73 #98734E

monochromatic

#244747 #397070 #4E9898 #6EB5B5 #97CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E9898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E9898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9898

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9898	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.074 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b6',
    500: '#4e9898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9898;
$custom-light: #86b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9898

secondary

#B68C8C

accent

#5F5FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9898

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

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