#4E898C#4E898C

#4E898C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.062 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E898C
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 140)
HSL	hsl(183, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -18.37, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 19.89, 202.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0581 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.062 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8194, 21.4032, 28.0508)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E898C #8C514E

analogous

#4E8C70 #4E898C #4E6A8C

triadic

#4E898C #8C4E89 #898C4E

tetradic

#4E898C #704E8C #8C514E #6A8C4E

square

#4E898C #704E8C #8C514E #6A8C4E

split-complementary

#4E898C #8C4E6A #8C704E

monochromatic

#223C3D #386365 #4E898C #6BA9AC #92C0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E898C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E898C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E898C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E898C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E898C	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e898c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.062 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abad',
    500: '#4e898c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e898c;
$custom-light: #84abad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e898c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59122,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E898C

secondary

#AF8987

accent

#6863C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E898C

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

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