#4E887B#4E887B

#4E887B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.065 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E887B
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 123)
HSL	hsl(167, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -22.28, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 22.31, 177.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0646 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.065 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5198, 20.6570, 21.9044)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E887B #884E5B

analogous

#4E885E #4E887B #4E7888

triadic

#4E887B #7B4E88 #887B4E

tetradic

#4E887B #5E4E88 #884E5B #78884E

square

#4E887B #5E4E88 #884E5B #78884E

split-complementary

#4E887B #884E78 #885E4E

monochromatic

#213A35 #386158 #4E887B #6AA99B #91C0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4E887B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#4E887B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E887B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E887B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E887B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e887b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.065 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba1',
    500: '#4e887b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e887b;
$custom-light: #83aba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e887b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.552,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58298,
    "c": 0.06464,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E887B

secondary

#AC868E

accent

#647AC3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E887B

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

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