#4E8089#4E8089

#4E8089 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.056 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8089
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 137)
HSL	hsl(189, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -14.32, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 17.56, 215.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.048 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.056 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3748, 18.8631, 26.4928)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8089 #89574E

analogous

#4E8975 #4E8089 #4E6289

triadic

#4E8089 #894E80 #80894E

tetradic

#4E8089 #754E89 #89574E #62894E

square

#4E8089 #754E89 #89574E #62894E

split-complementary

#4E8089 #894E62 #89754E

monochromatic

#22373B #385C62 #4E8089 #6AA0AA #91B9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4E8089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#4E8089 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8089

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8089	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#787C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.056 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5ab',
    500: '#4e8089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8089;
$custom-light: #83a5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.05553,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8089

secondary

#AD8C86

accent

#7364C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8089

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

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