#4E8993#4E8993

#4E8993 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.063 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8993
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 147)
HSL	hsl(189, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -16.43, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 19.96, 214.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0551 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.063 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3520, 21.6162, 30.8561)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8993 #93584E

analogous

#4E937B #4E8993 #4E6793

triadic

#4E8993 #934E89 #89934E

tetradic

#4E8993 #7B4E93 #93584E #67934E

square

#4E8993 #7B4E93 #93584E #67934E

split-complementary

#4E8993 #934E67 #937B4E

monochromatic

#243E43 #39646B #4E8993 #6DA7B1 #95BFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E8993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E8993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8993

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8993	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#808594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.063 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abb2',
    500: '#4e8993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8993;
$custom-light: #84abb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59381,
    "c": 0.06335,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8993

secondary

#B3908A

accent

#7061C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8993

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

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