#4E9987#4E9987

#4E9987 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.080 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9987
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 11.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -27.87, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 27.97, 175.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0801 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.08 176)
XYZ	xyz(18.9044, 26.1499, 26.9682)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9987 #994E60

analogous

#4E9961 #4E9987 #4E8599

triadic

#4E9987 #874E99 #99874E

tetradic

#4E9987 #614E99 #994E60 #85994E

square

#4E9987 #614E99 #994E60 #85994E

split-complementary

#4E9987 #994E85 #99614E

monochromatic

#25483F #397063 #4E9987 #6FB5A4 #97CABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9987

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9987	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.080 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a9',
    500: '#4e9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9987;
$custom-light: #85b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62934,
    "c": 0.0803,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.26151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9987

secondary

#B78C96

accent

#5F78C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9987

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

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