#4E8980#4E8980

#4E8980 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.064 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8980
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 128)
HSL	hsl(171, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 6.6%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -21.54, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 21.58, 183.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0635 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.064 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9823, 21.0684, 23.6423)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8980 #894E57

analogous

#4E8962 #4E8980 #4E7589

triadic

#4E8980 #804E89 #89804E

tetradic

#4E8980 #624E89 #894E57 #75894E

square

#4E8980 #624E89 #894E57 #75894E

split-complementary

#4E8980 #894E75 #89624E

monochromatic

#223B37 #38625C #4E8980 #6AAAA0 #91C0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E8980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#4E8980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8980

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8980	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)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.064 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba4',
    500: '#4e8980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8980;
$custom-light: #83aba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.847,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.06365,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8980

secondary

#AD868C

accent

#6473C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8980

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

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