#4E9988#4E9988

#4E9988 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9988
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 136)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 11.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -27.63, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 27.68, 176.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0796 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.08 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9752, 26.1782, 27.3407)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9988 #994E5F

analogous

#4E9962 #4E9988 #4E8499

triadic

#4E9988 #884E99 #99884E

tetradic

#4E9988 #624E99 #994E5F #84994E

square

#4E9988 #624E99 #994E5F #84994E

split-complementary

#4E9988 #994E84 #99624E

monochromatic

#254840 #397064 #4E9988 #6FB5A5 #97CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E9988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4E9988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9988

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9988	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7aa',
    500: '#4e9988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9988;
$custom-light: #85b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62964,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9988

secondary

#B78C96

accent

#5F77C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9988

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

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