#4E896E#4E896E

#4E896E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.075 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E896E
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 110)
HSL	hsl(153, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(153, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 19.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -25.86, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 27.23, 161.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0721 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.075 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9009, 20.6358, 17.9467)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E896E #894E69

analogous

#4E8950 #4E896E #4E8789

triadic

#4E896E #6E4E89 #896E4E

tetradic

#4E896E #504E89 #894E69 #87894E

square

#4E896E #504E89 #894E69 #87894E

split-complementary

#4E896E #894E87 #89504E

monochromatic

#223B2F #38624F #4E896E #6AAA8D #91C0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#4E896E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#4E896E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E896E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E896E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E896E	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e896e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.075 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac97',
    500: '#4e896e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e896e;
$custom-light: #83ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e896e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.542,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58167,
    "c": 0.07532,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E896E

secondary

#AD8698

accent

#6490C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E896E

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

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