#4E8985#4E8985

#4E8985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.062 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8985
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -20.25, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 20.62, 190.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0613 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.062 190)
XYZ	xyz(16.3195, 21.2033, 25.4184)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8985 #894E52

analogous

#4E8968 #4E8985 #4E7089

triadic

#4E8985 #854E89 #89854E

tetradic

#4E8985 #684E89 #894E52 #70894E

square

#4E8985 #684E89 #894E52 #70894E

split-complementary

#4E8985 #894E70 #89684E

monochromatic

#223B39 #38625F #4E8985 #6AAAA6 #91C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4E8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#4E8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8985

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8985	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.062 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba8',
    500: '#4e8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8985;
$custom-light: #83aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58876,
    "c": 0.06221,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.21204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8985

secondary

#AD8689

accent

#646BC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8985

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

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