#4E998E#4E998E

#4E998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.077 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E998E
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -26.11, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 26.14, 183.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0769 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.077 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4136, 26.3535, 29.6496)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E998E #994E59

analogous

#4E9968 #4E998E #4E7E99

triadic

#4E998E #8E4E99 #998E4E

tetradic

#4E998E #684E99 #994E59 #7E994E

square

#4E998E #684E99 #994E59 #7E994E

split-complementary

#4E998E #994E7E #99684E

monochromatic

#254843 #397068 #4E998E #6FB5AB #97CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E998E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E998E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.077 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7af',
    500: '#4e998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e998e;
$custom-light: #85b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63152,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E998E

secondary

#B78C92

accent

#5F6FC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E998E

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

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