#4E887E#4E887E

#4E887E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.063 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E887E
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 126)
HSL	hsl(170, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -21.53, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 21.54, 181.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.0632 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.063 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7105, 20.7332, 22.9087)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E887E #884E58

analogous

#4E8861 #4E887E #4E7588

triadic

#4E887E #7E4E88 #887E4E

tetradic

#4E887E #614E88 #884E58 #75884E

square

#4E887E #614E88 #884E58 #75884E

split-complementary

#4E887E #884E75 #88614E

monochromatic

#213A36 #38615A #4E887E #6AA99E #91C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E887E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E887E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E887E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E887E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E887E	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e887e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.063 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba3',
    500: '#4e887e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e887e;
$custom-light: #83aba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e887e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58393,
    "c": 0.06323,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E887E

secondary

#AC868C

accent

#6475C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E887E

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

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