#4E8887#4E8887

#4E8887 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.061 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8887
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 135)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -19.19, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 19.94, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0591 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.061 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3175, 20.9761, 26.1059)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8887 #884E4F

analogous

#4E886A #4E8887 #4E6C88

triadic

#4E8887 #874E88 #88874E

tetradic

#4E8887 #6A4E88 #884E4F #6C884E

square

#4E8887 #6A4E88 #884E4F #6C884E

split-complementary

#4E8887 #884E6C #886A4E

monochromatic

#213A3A #386160 #4E8887 #6AA9A8 #91C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4E8887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#4E8887 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8887

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8887	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.061 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba9',
    500: '#4e8887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8887;
$custom-light: #83aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58697,
    "c": 0.06096,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8887

secondary

#AC8686

accent

#6466C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8887

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

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