#4E9980#4E9980

#4E9980 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.085 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9980
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(160, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -29.57, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 30.17, 168.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0834 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.085 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4277, 25.9592, 24.4574)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9980 #994E67

analogous

#4E995A #4E9980 #4E8C99

triadic

#4E9980 #804E99 #99804E

tetradic

#4E9980 #5A4E99 #994E67 #8C994E

square

#4E9980 #5A4E99 #994E67 #8C994E

split-complementary

#4E9980 #994E8C #995A4E

monochromatic

#25483C #39705E #4E9980 #6FB59E #97CAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4E9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9980

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9980	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.085 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a4',
    500: '#4e9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9980;
$custom-light: #85b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9980

secondary

#B78C9A

accent

#5F82C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9980

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

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