#4E888B#4E888B

#4E888B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.061 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E888B
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 139)
HSL	hsl(183, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -18.11, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 19.62, 202.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0573 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.061 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6045, 21.0908, 27.6170)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E888B #8B514E

analogous

#4E8B70 #4E888B #4E698B

triadic

#4E888B #8B4E88 #888B4E

tetradic

#4E888B #704E8B #8B514E #698B4E

square

#4E888B #704E8B #8B514E #698B4E

split-complementary

#4E888B #8B4E69 #8B704E

monochromatic

#223B3D #386264 #4E888B #6BA8AC #92BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E888B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#4E888B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E888B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E888B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E888B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e888b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.061 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abac',
    500: '#4e888b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e888b;
$custom-light: #84abac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e888b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58839,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E888B

secondary

#AE8987

accent

#6863C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E888B

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

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