#4E998D#4E998D

#4E998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.077 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E998D
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -26.36, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 26.38, 181.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0773 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.077 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3388, 26.3236, 29.2560)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E998D #994E5A

analogous

#4E9967 #4E998D #4E7F99

triadic

#4E998D #8D4E99 #998D4E

tetradic

#4E998D #674E99 #994E5A #7F994E

square

#4E998D #674E99 #994E5A #7F994E

split-complementary

#4E998D #994E7F #99674E

monochromatic

#254842 #397068 #4E998D #6FB5AA #97CAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4E998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E998D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E998D	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.077 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7ae',
    500: '#4e998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e998d;
$custom-light: #85b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E998D

secondary

#B78C93

accent

#5F70C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E998D

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

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