#4E998A#4E998A

#4E998A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.079 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E998A
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -27.13, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 27.13, 178.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0787 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.079 179)
XYZ	xyz(19.1186, 26.2355, 28.0963)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E998A #994E5D

analogous

#4E9964 #4E998A #4E8299

triadic

#4E998A #8A4E99 #998A4E

tetradic

#4E998A #644E99 #994E5D #82994E

square

#4E998A #644E99 #994E5D #82994E

split-complementary

#4E998A #994E82 #99644E

monochromatic

#254841 #397065 #4E998A #6FB5A7 #97CAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4E998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E998A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E998A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.079 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7ac',
    500: '#4e998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e998a;
$custom-light: #85b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63026,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.26237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E998A

secondary

#B78C95

accent

#5F74C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E998A

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

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