#4E989B#4E989B

#4E989B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E989B
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -22.12, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 23.77, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0698 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.074 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2841, 26.4410, 35.0387)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E989B #9B514E

analogous

#4E9B77 #4E989B #4E719B

triadic

#4E989B #9B4E98 #989B4E

tetradic

#4E989B #774E9B #9B514E #719B4E

square

#4E989B #774E9B #9B514E #719B4E

split-complementary

#4E989B #9B4E71 #9B774E

monochromatic

#25484A #3A7072 #4E989B #6FB4B7 #98C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4E989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E989B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E989B	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b8',
    500: '#4e989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e989b;
$custom-light: #86b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.338,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63348,
    "c": 0.07385,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E989B

secondary

#B88F8D

accent

#635FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E989B

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

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