#4E989C#4E989C

#4E989C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.074 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E989C
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -21.85, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 23.71, 202.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0694 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.074 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3685, 26.4747, 35.4828)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E989C #9C524E

analogous

#4E9C79 #4E989C #4E719C

triadic

#4E989C #9C4E98 #989C4E

tetradic

#4E989C #794E9C #9C524E #719C4E

square

#4E989C #794E9C #9C524E #719C4E

split-complementary

#4E989C #9C4E71 #9C794E

monochromatic

#25484A #3A7073 #4E989C #70B4B7 #99C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E989C

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E989C	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.074 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b9',
    500: '#4e989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e989c;
$custom-light: #86b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63383,
    "c": 0.07391,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E989C

secondary

#B8908D

accent

#645EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E989C

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

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