#4E8994#4E8994

#4E8994 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.064 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8994
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 148)
HSL	hsl(189, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -16.15, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 20.04, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0547 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.064 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4308, 21.6478, 31.2711)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8994 #94594E

analogous

#4E947C #4E8994 #4E6694

triadic

#4E8994 #944E89 #89944E

tetradic

#4E8994 #7C4E94 #94594E #66944E

square

#4E8994 #7C4E94 #94594E #66944E

split-complementary

#4E8994 #944E66 #947C4E

monochromatic

#243F44 #39646C #4E8994 #6DA7B2 #95BFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E8994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E8994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8994

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8994	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.064 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abb3',
    500: '#4e8994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8994;
$custom-light: #84abb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5942,
    "c": 0.06372,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8994

secondary

#B4918A

accent

#7161C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8994

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

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