#4E9998#4E9998

#4E9998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.075 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9998
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 0.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -23.46, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 24.39, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0723 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.075 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1983, 26.6674, 33.7826)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9998 #994E4F

analogous

#4E9972 #4E9998 #4E7499

triadic

#4E9998 #984E99 #99984E

tetradic

#4E9998 #724E99 #994E4F #74994E

square

#4E9998 #724E99 #994E4F #74994E

split-complementary

#4E9998 #994E74 #99724E

monochromatic

#254847 #397070 #4E9998 #6FB5B5 #97CAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E9998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4E9998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9998

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9998	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.075 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7b6',
    500: '#4e9998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9998;
$custom-light: #86b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63487,
    "c": 0.07466,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9998

secondary

#B78C8D

accent

#5F61C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9998

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

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