#4E897A#4E897A

#4E897A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.067 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E897A
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 122)
HSL	hsl(165, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -23.04, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 23.13, 174.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0664 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.067 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5990, 20.9150, 21.6236)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E897A #894E5D

analogous

#4E895D #4E897A #4E7B89

triadic

#4E897A #7A4E89 #897A4E

tetradic

#4E897A #5D4E89 #894E5D #7B894E

square

#4E897A #5D4E89 #894E5D #7B894E

split-complementary

#4E897A #894E7B #895D4E

monochromatic

#223B35 #386257 #4E897A #6AAA9A #91C0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#4E897A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#4E897A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E897A

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E897A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E897A	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e897a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.067 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba0',
    500: '#4e897a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e897a;
$custom-light: #83aba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e897a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58518,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E897A

secondary

#AD8690

accent

#647CC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E897A

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

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