#4E998B#4E998B

#4E998B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.078 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E998B
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -26.87, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 26.87, 179.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0782 0)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.078 180)
XYZ	xyz(19.1914, 26.2646, 28.4793)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E998B #994E5C

analogous

#4E9965 #4E998B #4E8199

triadic

#4E998B #8B4E99 #998B4E

tetradic

#4E998B #654E99 #994E5C #81994E

square

#4E998B #654E99 #994E5C #81994E

split-complementary

#4E998B #994E81 #99654E

monochromatic

#254841 #397066 #4E998B #6FB5A8 #97CAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4E998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E998B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E998B	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)

#94918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.078 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7ac',
    500: '#4e998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e998b;
$custom-light: #85b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.26266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E998B

secondary

#B78C94

accent

#5F73C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E998B

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

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