#4E9899#4E9899

#4E9899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9899
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -22.67, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 23.93, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0707 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.074 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1176, 26.3743, 34.1614)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9899 #994F4E

analogous

#4E9974 #4E9899 #4E7299

triadic

#4E9899 #994E98 #98994E

tetradic

#4E9899 #744E99 #994F4E #72994E

square

#4E9899 #744E99 #994F4E #72994E

split-complementary

#4E9899 #994E72 #99744E

monochromatic

#254748 #397070 #4E9899 #6FB5B5 #97C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9899

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9899	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b7',
    500: '#4e9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9899;
$custom-light: #86b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63276,
    "c": 0.0738,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9899

secondary

#B78D8C

accent

#615FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9899

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

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