#4E8986#4E8986

#4E8986 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.062 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8986
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -19.99, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 20.47, 192.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0608 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.062 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3890, 21.2310, 25.7840)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8986 #894E51

analogous

#4E8969 #4E8986 #4E6F89

triadic

#4E8986 #864E89 #89864E

tetradic

#4E8986 #694E89 #894E51 #6F894E

square

#4E8986 #694E89 #894E51 #6F894E

split-complementary

#4E8986 #894E6F #89694E

monochromatic

#223B3A #386260 #4E8986 #6AAAA7 #91C0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E8986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4E8986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8986

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8986	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.062 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba9',
    500: '#4e8986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8986;
$custom-light: #83aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5891,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8986

secondary

#AD8688

accent

#6469C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8986

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

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