#4E989D#4E989D

#4E989D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.074 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E989D
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -21.57, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 23.66, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.069 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.074 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4535, 26.5087, 35.9306)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E989D #9D534E

analogous

#4E9D7A #4E989D #4E709D

triadic

#4E989D #9D4E98 #989D4E

tetradic

#4E989D #7A4E9D #9D534E #709D4E

square

#4E989D #7A4E9D #9D534E #709D4E

split-complementary

#4E989D #9D4E70 #9D7A4E

monochromatic

#25494B #3A7074 #4E989D #70B3B8 #99C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E989D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E989D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E989D

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E989D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E989D	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#8F929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e989d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.074 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b9',
    500: '#4e989d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e989d;
$custom-light: #86b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e989d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.797,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6342,
    "c": 0.07402,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E989D

secondary

#B9918E

accent

#655ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E989D

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

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