#4E998F#4E998F

#4E998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.077 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E998F
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -25.85, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 25.92, 184.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0764 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.077 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4890, 26.3837, 30.0468)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E998F #994E58

analogous

#4E9969 #4E998F #4E7D99

triadic

#4E998F #8F4E99 #998F4E

tetradic

#4E998F #694E99 #994E58 #7D994E

square

#4E998F #694E99 #994E58 #7D994E

split-complementary

#4E998F #994E7D #99694E

monochromatic

#254843 #397069 #4E998F #6FB5AC #97CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E998F

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E998F	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.077 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7af',
    500: '#4e998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e998f;
$custom-light: #85b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63185,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E998F

secondary

#B78C92

accent

#5F6DC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E998F

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

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