#4E9F89#4E9F89

#4E9F89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F89
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 137)
HSL	hsl(164, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -30.30, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 30.56, 172.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0863 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.087 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0534, 28.2204, 28.0524)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F89 #9F4E64

analogous

#4E9F61 #4E9F89 #4E8D9F

triadic

#4E9F89 #894E9F #9F894E

tetradic

#4E9F89 #614E9F #9F4E64 #8D9F4E

square

#4E9F89 #614E9F #9F4E64 #8D9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F89 #9F4E8D #9F614E

monochromatic

#264D42 #3A7666 #4E9F89 #71B9A6 #9ACDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4E9F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F89

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F89	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcab',
    500: '#4e9f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f89;
$custom-light: #86bcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.704,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64496,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F89

secondary

#BA8F9B

accent

#5E7BCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F89

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