#4E896C#4E896C

#4E896C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.077 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E896C
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 108)
HSL	hsl(151, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(151, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 21.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -26.31, 9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 28.01, 159.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.073 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.077 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7932, 20.5927, 17.3797)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E896C #894E6B

analogous

#4E894E #4E896C #4E8989

triadic

#4E896C #6C4E89 #896C4E

tetradic

#4E896C #4E4E89 #894E6B #89894E

square

#4E896C #4E4E89 #894E6B #89894E

split-complementary

#4E896C #894E89 #894E4E

monochromatic

#223B2F #38624D #4E896C #6AAA8B #91C0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#4E896C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#4E896C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E896C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E896C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E896C	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e896c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.077 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac96',
    500: '#4e896c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e896c;
$custom-light: #83ac96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e896c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.508,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58113,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E896C

secondary

#AD8699

accent

#6493C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F1

border

#CACECB

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E896C

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

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