#4E8A86#4E8A86

#4E8A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.063 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A86
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -20.51, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 20.89, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0621 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.063 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5318, 21.5166, 25.8316)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A86 #8A4E52

analogous

#4E8A68 #4E8A86 #4E708A

triadic

#4E8A86 #864E8A #8A864E

tetradic

#4E8A86 #684E8A #8A4E52 #708A4E

square

#4E8A86 #684E8A #8A4E52 #708A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A86 #8A4E70 #8A684E

monochromatic

#223C3A #386360 #4E8A86 #6AABA7 #91C1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A86

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A86	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)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.063 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca9',
    500: '#4e8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a86;
$custom-light: #83aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59158,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A86

secondary

#AE8689

accent

#646AC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A86

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

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