#4E989E#4E989E

#4E989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.074 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E989E
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -21.29, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 23.63, 205.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0685 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.074 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5392, 26.5430, 36.3821)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E989E #9E544E

analogous

#4E9E7C #4E989E #4E709E

triadic

#4E989E #9E4E98 #989E4E

tetradic

#4E989E #7C4E9E #9E544E #709E4E

square

#4E989E #7C4E9E #9E544E #709E4E

split-complementary

#4E989E #9E4E70 #9E7C4E

monochromatic

#26494C #3A7175 #4E989E #71B3B9 #9AC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E989E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E989E	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.074 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6ba',
    500: '#4e989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e989e;
$custom-light: #86b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63456,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E989E

secondary

#BA928E

accent

#665ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E989E

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

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