#4E9A89#4E9A89

#4E9A89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.080 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9A89
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 11%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -27.87, 1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 27.92, 176.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0804 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.08 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2109, 26.5354, 27.7715)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9A89 #9A4E5F

analogous

#4E9A63 #4E9A89 #4E859A

triadic

#4E9A89 #894E9A #9A894E

tetradic

#4E9A89 #634E9A #9A4E5F #859A4E

square

#4E9A89 #634E9A #9A4E5F #859A4E

split-complementary

#4E9A89 #9A4E85 #9A634E

monochromatic

#254941 #397165 #4E9A89 #6FB6A6 #98CBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E9A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E9A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9A89

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9A89	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.080 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ab',
    500: '#4e9a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9a89;
$custom-light: #85b8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.579,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9A89

secondary

#B78D96

accent

#5F77C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9A89

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

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