#4E898F#4E898F

#4E898F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.062 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E898F
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 143)
HSL	hsl(186, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -17.55, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 19.82, 207.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0568 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.062 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0436, 21.4929, 29.2317)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E898F #8F544E

analogous

#4E8F74 #4E898F #4E688F

triadic

#4E898F #8F4E89 #898F4E

tetradic

#4E898F #744E8F #8F544E #688F4E

square

#4E898F #744E8F #8F544E #688F4E

split-complementary

#4E898F #8F4E68 #8F744E

monochromatic

#233D40 #386367 #4E898F #6CA8AF #93C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E898F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E898F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E898F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E898F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E898F	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e898f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.062 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abaf',
    500: '#4e898f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e898f;
$custom-light: #84abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e898f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59231,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E898F

secondary

#B18C88

accent

#6B62C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E898F

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

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