#4E9985#4E9985

#4E9985 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.081 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9985
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 13.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -28.37, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 28.56, 173.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.081 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.081 174)
XYZ	xyz(18.7650, 26.0941, 26.2336)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9985 #994E62

analogous

#4E995F #4E9985 #4E8799

triadic

#4E9985 #854E99 #99854E

tetradic

#4E9985 #5F4E99 #994E62 #87994E

square

#4E9985 #5F4E99 #994E62 #87994E

split-complementary

#4E9985 #994E87 #995F4E

monochromatic

#25483F #397062 #4E9985 #6FB5A3 #97CABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9985

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9985	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.081 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a8',
    500: '#4e9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9985;
$custom-light: #85b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.08147,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.26096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9985

secondary

#B78C97

accent

#5F7BC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9985

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

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