#4E989A#4E989A

#4E989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E989A
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -22.40, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 23.84, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0703 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.074 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2005, 26.4075, 34.5982)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E989A #9A504E

analogous

#4E9A76 #4E989A #4E729A

triadic

#4E989A #9A4E98 #989A4E

tetradic

#4E989A #764E9A #9A504E #729A4E

square

#4E989A #764E9A #9A504E #729A4E

split-complementary

#4E989A #9A4E72 #9A764E

monochromatic

#254849 #397071 #4E989A #6FB4B6 #98C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E989A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E989A	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b7',
    500: '#4e989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e989a;
$custom-light: #86b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.0738,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E989A

secondary

#B78E8D

accent

#625FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E989A

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

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