#4E8987#4E8987

#4E8987 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.062 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8987
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -19.72, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 20.33, 194.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0604 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.062 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4590, 21.2590, 26.1531)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8987 #894E50

analogous

#4E896A #4E8987 #4E6E89

triadic

#4E8987 #874E89 #89874E

tetradic

#4E8987 #6A4E89 #894E50 #6E894E

square

#4E8987 #6A4E89 #894E50 #6E894E

split-complementary

#4E8987 #894E6E #896A4E

monochromatic

#223B3A #386261 #4E8987 #6AAAA8 #91C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E8987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4E8987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8987

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8987	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)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.062 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aba9',
    500: '#4e8987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8987;
$custom-light: #83aba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58944,
    "c": 0.0619,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8987

secondary

#AD8687

accent

#6467C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8987

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

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