#4E989F#4E989F

#4E989F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.074 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E989F
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -21.01, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 23.61, 207.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0681 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.074 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6256, 26.5776, 36.8372)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E989F #9F554E

analogous

#4E9F7E #4E989F #4E709F

triadic

#4E989F #9F4E98 #989F4E

tetradic

#4E989F #7E4E9F #9F554E #709F4E

square

#4E989F #7E4E9F #9F554E #709F4E

split-complementary

#4E989F #9F4E70 #9F7E4E

monochromatic

#264A4D #3A7176 #4E989F #71B3B9 #9AC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E989F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4E989F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E989F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E989F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E989F	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e989f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.074 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6bb',
    500: '#4e989f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e989f;
$custom-light: #86b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e989f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.185,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63493,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E989F

secondary

#BA928F

accent

#675ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E989F

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

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