#4E8991#4E8991

#4E8991 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.063 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8991
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 145)
HSL	hsl(187, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 46%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -16.99, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 19.86, 211.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.056 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.063 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1964, 21.5540, 30.0367)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8991 #91564E

analogous

#4E9177 #4E8991 #4E6791

triadic

#4E8991 #914E89 #89914E

tetradic

#4E8991 #774E91 #91564E #67914E

square

#4E8991 #774E91 #91564E #67914E

split-complementary

#4E8991 #914E67 #91774E

monochromatic

#233E41 #396369 #4E8991 #6CA8B0 #94C0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E8991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E8991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8991

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8991	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#808592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.063 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abb1',
    500: '#4e8991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8991;
$custom-light: #84abb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59306,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8991

secondary

#B28E89

accent

#6E62C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8991

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

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