#4E858F#4E858F

#4E858F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.060 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E858F
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 143)
HSL	hsl(189, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -15.38, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 18.95, 215.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0518 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.06 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4855, 20.3767, 29.0456)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E858F #8F584E

analogous

#4E8F78 #4E858F #4E648F

triadic

#4E858F #8F4E85 #858F4E

tetradic

#4E858F #784E8F #8F584E #648F4E

square

#4E858F #784E8F #8F584E #648F4E

split-complementary

#4E858F #8F4E64 #8F784E

monochromatic

#233B40 #386067 #4E858F #6CA4AF #93BDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E858F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#4E858F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E858F

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E858F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E858F	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e858f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.060 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8af',
    500: '#4e858f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e858f;
$custom-light: #84a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e858f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58251,
    "c": 0.06009,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E858F

secondary

#B18E88

accent

#7162C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E858F

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

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