#4EA998#4EA998

#4EA998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA998
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 152)
HSL	hsl(169, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -31.37, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 31.37, 179.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.091 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.091 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9949, 32.2605, 34.7148)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA998 #A94E5F

analogous

#4EA96A #4EA998 #4E8CA9

triadic

#4EA998 #984EA9 #A9984E

tetradic

#4EA998 #6A4EA9 #A94E5F #8CA94E

square

#4EA998 #6A4EA9 #A94E5F #8CA94E

split-complementary

#4EA998 #A94E8C #A96A4E

monochromatic

#27554D #3B7F72 #4EA998 #75BFB1 #9FD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4EA998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4EA998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA998

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA998	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3b6',
    500: '#4ea998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea998;
$custom-light: #87c3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.791,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6744,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA998

secondary

#BF939C

accent

#5B70CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA998

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

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