#4E8992#4E8992

#4E8992 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.063 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8992
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 146)
HSL	hsl(188, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 47%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 6.2%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -16.71, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 19.90, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0555 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.063 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2739, 21.5850, 30.4446)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8992 #92574E

analogous

#4E9279 #4E8992 #4E6792

triadic

#4E8992 #924E89 #89924E

tetradic

#4E8992 #794E92 #92574E #67924E

square

#4E8992 #794E92 #92574E #67924E

split-complementary

#4E8992 #924E67 #92794E

monochromatic

#233E42 #39646A #4E8992 #6CA8B1 #94BFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E8992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E8992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8992

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8992	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.063 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abb2',
    500: '#4e8992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8992;
$custom-light: #84abb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 30.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59343,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8992

secondary

#B38F89

accent

#6F61C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8992

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

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