#4E9E89#4E9E89

#4E9E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E89
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(164, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -29.82, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 30.02, 173.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0851 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.086 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8822, 27.8779, 27.9953)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E89 #9E4E63

analogous

#4E9E61 #4E9E89 #4E8B9E

triadic

#4E9E89 #894E9E #9E894E

tetradic

#4E9E89 #614E9E #9E4E63 #8B9E4E

square

#4E9E89 #614E9E #9E4E63 #8B9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E89 #9E4E8B #9E614E

monochromatic

#264C42 #3A7565 #4E9E89 #71B9A6 #9ACDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E9E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4E9E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E89

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E89	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbab',
    500: '#4e9e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e89;
$custom-light: #85bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64246,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E89

secondary

#BA8E9A

accent

#5E7ACA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E89

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

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