#4E887F#4E887F

#4E887F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.063 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E887F
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 127)
HSL	hsl(171, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 6.6%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -21.28, -1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 21.31, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0627 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.063 183)
XYZ	xyz(15.7753, 20.7592, 23.2502)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E887F #884E57

analogous

#4E8862 #4E887F #4E7488

triadic

#4E887F #7F4E88 #887F4E

tetradic

#4E887F #624E88 #884E57 #74884E

square

#4E887F #624E88 #884E57 #74884E

split-complementary

#4E887F #884E74 #88624E

monochromatic

#213A36 #38615B #4E887F #6AA9A0 #91C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E887F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E887F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E887F

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E887F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E887F	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)

#83827F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e887f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.063 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba4',
    500: '#4e887f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e887f;
$custom-light: #83aba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e887f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.69,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.06283,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.2076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E887F

secondary

#AC868C

accent

#6473C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E887F

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

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