#4E8990#4E8990

#4E8990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.062 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8990
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(186, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -17.27, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 19.83, 209.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0564 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.062 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1197, 21.5233, 29.6324)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8990 #90554E

analogous

#4E9076 #4E8990 #4E6890

triadic

#4E8990 #904E89 #89904E

tetradic

#4E8990 #764E90 #90554E #68904E

square

#4E8990 #764E90 #90554E #68904E

split-complementary

#4E8990 #904E68 #90764E

monochromatic

#233D41 #386368 #4E8990 #6CA8AF #94C0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E8990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E8990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8990

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8990	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.062 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abb0',
    500: '#4e8990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8990;
$custom-light: #84abb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59268,
    "c": 0.06246,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8990

secondary

#B18D88

accent

#6C62C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8990

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

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