#4E8A85#4E8A85

#4E8A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.063 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A85
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(175, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -20.77, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 21.05, 189.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0625 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.063 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4624, 21.4889, 25.4660)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A85 #8A4E53

analogous

#4E8A67 #4E8A85 #4E718A

triadic

#4E8A85 #854E8A #8A854E

tetradic

#4E8A85 #674E8A #8A4E53 #718A4E

square

#4E8A85 #674E8A #8A4E53 #718A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A85 #8A4E71 #8A674E

monochromatic

#223C3A #38635F #4E8A85 #6AABA6 #91C1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A85

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A85	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.063 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca8',
    500: '#4e8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a85;
$custom-light: #83aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59124,
    "c": 0.06326,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A85

secondary

#AE868A

accent

#646CC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A85

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

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