#4E896F#4E896F

#4E896F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.074 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E896F
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 111)
HSL	hsl(154, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(154, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 19%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -25.64, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 26.85, 162.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0716 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.074 164)
XYZ	xyz(14.9556, 20.6577, 18.2351)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E896F #894E68

analogous

#4E8951 #4E896F #4E8689

triadic

#4E896F #6F4E89 #896F4E

tetradic

#4E896F #514E89 #894E68 #86894E

square

#4E896F #514E89 #894E68 #86894E

split-complementary

#4E896F #894E86 #89514E

monochromatic

#223B30 #38624F #4E896F #6AAA8E #91C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4E896F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#4E896F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E896F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E896F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E896F	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#87816E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e896f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.074 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab98',
    500: '#4e896f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e896f;
$custom-light: #83ab98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e896f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.559,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58195,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.20659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E896F

secondary

#AD8697

accent

#648EC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E896F

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

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