#4E9B98#4E9B98

#4E9B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.076 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9B98
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -24.48, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 25.14, 193.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0747 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.076 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5284, 27.3276, 33.8926)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9B98 #9B4E51

analogous

#4E9B71 #4E9B98 #4E779B

triadic

#4E9B98 #984E9B #9B984E

tetradic

#4E9B98 #714E9B #9B4E51 #779B4E

square

#4E9B98 #714E9B #9B4E51 #779B4E

split-complementary

#4E9B98 #9B4E77 #9B714E

monochromatic

#254A48 #3A7270 #4E9B98 #6FB7B4 #98CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E9B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4E9B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9B98

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9B98	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.076 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8b6',
    500: '#4e9b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9b98;
$custom-light: #86b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.662,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6398,
    "c": 0.07641,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9B98

secondary

#B88D8F

accent

#5F63C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9B98

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

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