#4E897B#4E897B

#4E897B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.066 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E897B
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 123)
HSL	hsl(166, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 10.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -22.80, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 22.85, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0659 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.066 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6613, 20.9399, 21.9516)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E897B #894E5C

analogous

#4E895E #4E897B #4E7A89

triadic

#4E897B #7B4E89 #897B4E

tetradic

#4E897B #5E4E89 #894E5C #7A894E

square

#4E897B #5E4E89 #894E5C #7A894E

split-complementary

#4E897B #894E7A #895E4E

monochromatic

#223B35 #386258 #4E897B #6AAA9B #91C0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#4E897B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#4E897B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E897B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E897B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E897B	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e897b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.066 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba1',
    500: '#4e897b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e897b;
$custom-light: #83aba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e897b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.763,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58549,
    "c": 0.06598,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E897B

secondary

#AD868F

accent

#647BC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E897B

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

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