#4E9989#4E9989

#4E9989 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.079 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9989
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -27.38, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 27.40, 177.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0792 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.079 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0466, 26.2067, 27.7168)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9989 #994E5E

analogous

#4E9963 #4E9989 #4E8399

triadic

#4E9989 #894E99 #99894E

tetradic

#4E9989 #634E99 #994E5E #83994E

square

#4E9989 #634E99 #994E5E #83994E

split-complementary

#4E9989 #994E83 #99634E

monochromatic

#254840 #397065 #4E9989 #6FB5A6 #97CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4E9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9989

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9989	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#949188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.079 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7ab',
    500: '#4e9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9989;
$custom-light: #85b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62995,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9989

secondary

#B78C95

accent

#5F76C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9989

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

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