#4E9E98#4E9E98

#4E9E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.079 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9E98
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -25.99, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 26.36, 189.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0782 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.079 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0339, 28.3386, 34.0611)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9E98 #9E4E54

analogous

#4E9E70 #4E9E98 #4E7C9E

triadic

#4E9E98 #984E9E #9E984E

tetradic

#4E9E98 #704E9E #9E4E54 #7C9E4E

square

#4E9E98 #704E9E #9E4E54 #7C9E4E

split-complementary

#4E9E98 #9E4E7C #9E704E

monochromatic

#264C49 #3A7571 #4E9E98 #71B9B3 #9ACDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E9E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4E9E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9E98

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9E98	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.079 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbb6',
    500: '#4e9e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9e98;
$custom-light: #86bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64719,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9E98

secondary

#BA8E92

accent

#5E66CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9E98

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

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