#4E9B89#4E9B89

#4E9B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B89
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -28.36, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 28.44, 175.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0816 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.082 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3767, 26.8669, 27.8268)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B89 #9B4E60

analogous

#4E9B62 #4E9B89 #4E869B

triadic

#4E9B89 #894E9B #9B894E

tetradic

#4E9B89 #624E9B #9B4E60 #869B4E

square

#4E9B89 #624E9B #9B4E60 #869B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B89 #9B4E86 #9B624E

monochromatic

#254A41 #3A7265 #4E9B89 #6FB7A6 #98CBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E9B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4E9B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B89

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B89	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9ab',
    500: '#4e9b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b89;
$custom-light: #85b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.974,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63495,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B89

secondary

#B88D97

accent

#5F78C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B89

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

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