#4E8982#4E8982

#4E8982 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.063 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8982
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -21.03, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 21.15, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0626 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.063 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1152, 21.1215, 24.3424)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8982 #894E55

analogous

#4E8964 #4E8982 #4E7389

triadic

#4E8982 #824E89 #89824E

tetradic

#4E8982 #644E89 #894E55 #73894E

square

#4E8982 #644E89 #894E55 #73894E

split-complementary

#4E8982 #894E73 #89644E

monochromatic

#223B38 #38625D #4E8982 #6AAAA3 #91C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E8982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#4E8982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8982

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8982	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.063 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba6',
    500: '#4e8982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8982;
$custom-light: #83aba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58775,
    "c": 0.06296,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8982

secondary

#AD868B

accent

#646FC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8982

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

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