#4E8A88#4E8A88

#4E8A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.063 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A88
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -19.98, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 20.61, 194.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0612 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.063 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6726, 21.5730, 26.5732)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A88 #8A4E50

analogous

#4E8A6A #4E8A88 #4E6E8A

triadic

#4E8A88 #884E8A #8A884E

tetradic

#4E8A88 #6A4E8A #8A4E50 #6E8A4E

square

#4E8A88 #6A4E8A #8A4E50 #6E8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A88 #8A4E6E #8A6A4E

monochromatic

#223C3B #386361 #4E8A88 #6AABA9 #91C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A88

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A88	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.063 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acaa',
    500: '#4e8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a88;
$custom-light: #84acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59227,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A88

secondary

#AE8688

accent

#6467C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A88

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

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