#4E8A7E#4E8A7E

#4E8A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.066 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A7E
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(168, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -22.57, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 22.57, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0657 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.066 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9948, 21.3018, 23.0034)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A7E #8A4E5A

analogous

#4E8A60 #4E8A7E #4E788A

triadic

#4E8A7E #7E4E8A #8A7E4E

tetradic

#4E8A7E #604E8A #8A4E5A #788A4E

square

#4E8A7E #604E8A #8A4E5A #788A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A7E #8A4E78 #8A604E

monochromatic

#223C37 #38635A #4E8A7E #6AAB9E #91C1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A7E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A7E	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85847E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.066 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca3',
    500: '#4e8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a7e;
$custom-light: #83aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58894,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A7E

secondary

#AE868E

accent

#6477C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A7E

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

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