#4E898D#4E898D

#4E898D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.062 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E898D
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -18.10, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 19.85, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0577 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.062 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8934, 21.4328, 28.4409)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E898D #8D524E

analogous

#4E8D72 #4E898D #4E698D

triadic

#4E898D #8D4E89 #898D4E

tetradic

#4E898D #724E8D #8D524E #698D4E

square

#4E898D #724E8D #8D524E #698D4E

split-complementary

#4E898D #8D4E69 #8D724E

monochromatic

#223C3E #386366 #4E898D #6BA9AD #92C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E898D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#4E898D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E898D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E898D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E898D	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e898d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.062 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abae',
    500: '#4e898d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e898d;
$custom-light: #84abae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e898d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59158,
    "c": 0.06191,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E898D

secondary

#AF8A87

accent

#6963C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E898D

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

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