#4E897F#4E897F

#4E897F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.064 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E897F
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 127)
HSL	hsl(170, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -21.80, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 21.81, 181.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.064 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.064 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9168, 21.0422, 23.2974)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E897F #894E58

analogous

#4E8962 #4E897F #4E7589

triadic

#4E897F #7F4E89 #897F4E

tetradic

#4E897F #624E89 #894E58 #75894E

square

#4E897F #624E89 #894E58 #75894E

split-complementary

#4E897F #894E75 #89624E

monochromatic

#223B37 #38625B #4E897F #6AAA9F #91C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E897F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#4E897F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E897F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E897F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E897F	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e897f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.064 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba4',
    500: '#4e897f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e897f;
$custom-light: #83aba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e897f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.831,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58676,
    "c": 0.06406,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E897F

secondary

#AD868C

accent

#6474C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E897F

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

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