#4E898E#4E898E

#4E898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.062 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E898E
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(185, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -17.83, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 19.83, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0573 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.062 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9682, 21.4627, 28.8345)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E898E #8E534E

analogous

#4E8E73 #4E898E #4E698E

triadic

#4E898E #8E4E89 #898E4E

tetradic

#4E898E #734E8E #8E534E #698E4E

square

#4E898E #734E8E #8E534E #698E4E

split-complementary

#4E898E #8E4E69 #8E734E

monochromatic

#233D3F #386366 #4E898E #6BA9AE #93C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#4E898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E898E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E898E	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)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.062 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abaf',
    500: '#4e898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e898e;
$custom-light: #84abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59194,
    "c": 0.06206,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E898E

secondary

#B08B88

accent

#6A62C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E898E

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

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