#4E858E#4E858E

#4E858E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.060 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E858E
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -15.66, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 18.87, 213.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.0522 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.06 209)
XYZ	xyz(16.4101, 20.3465, 28.6485)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E858E #8E574E

analogous

#4E8E77 #4E858E #4E658E

triadic

#4E858E #8E4E85 #858E4E

tetradic

#4E858E #774E8E #8E574E #658E4E

square

#4E858E #774E8E #8E574E #658E4E

split-complementary

#4E858E #8E4E65 #8E774E

monochromatic

#233B3F #386066 #4E858E #6BA5AE #93BDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E858E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E858E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C818F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.060 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8af',
    500: '#4e858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e858e;
$custom-light: #84a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.05973,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.20348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E858E

secondary

#B08D88

accent

#7062C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E858E

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

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