#4E9983#4E9983

#4E9983 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.083 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9983
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 14.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -28.85, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 29.19, 171.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.082 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.083 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6281, 26.0393, 25.5128)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9983 #994E64

analogous

#4E995D #4E9983 #4E8999

triadic

#4E9983 #834E99 #99834E

tetradic

#4E9983 #5D4E99 #994E64 #89994E

square

#4E9983 #5D4E99 #994E64 #89994E

split-complementary

#4E9983 #994E89 #995D4E

monochromatic

#25483E #397060 #4E9983 #6FB5A1 #97CABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4E9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9983

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9983	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.083 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a7',
    500: '#4e9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9983;
$custom-light: #85b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62814,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9983

secondary

#B78C99

accent

#5F7EC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9983

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

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