#4E8088#4E8088

#4E8088 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.055 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8088
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 136)
HSL	hsl(188, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, -14.60, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 17.48, 213.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0484 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.055 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3034, 18.8345, 26.1168)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8088 #88564E

analogous

#4E8873 #4E8088 #4E6388

triadic

#4E8088 #884E80 #80884E

tetradic

#4E8088 #734E88 #88564E #63884E

square

#4E8088 #734E88 #88564E #63884E

split-complementary

#4E8088 #884E63 #88734E

monochromatic

#21373A #385B61 #4E8088 #6AA1A9 #91B9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4E8088 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#4E8088 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8088

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8088	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8088	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8088;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.055 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5aa',
    500: '#4e8088',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8088;
$custom-light: #83a5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8088",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56761,
    "c": 0.05518,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8088

secondary

#AC8B86

accent

#7164C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8088

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →