#4E8988#4E8988

#4E8988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.062 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8988
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -19.45, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 20.21, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0599 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.062 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5298, 21.2873, 26.5256)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8988 #894E4F

analogous

#4E896B #4E8988 #4E6D89

triadic

#4E8988 #884E89 #89884E

tetradic

#4E8988 #6B4E89 #894E4F #6D894E

square

#4E8988 #6B4E89 #894E4F #6D894E

split-complementary

#4E8988 #894E6D #896B4E

monochromatic

#223B3B #386261 #4E8988 #6AAAA9 #91C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E8988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E8988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8988

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8988	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.062 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abaa',
    500: '#4e8988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8988;
$custom-light: #83abaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58979,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8988

secondary

#AD8687

accent

#6466C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8988

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

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