#4E8A89#4E8A89

#4E8A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.063 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A89
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -19.72, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 20.49, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0607 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.063 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7440, 21.6015, 26.9492)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A89 #8A4E4F

analogous

#4E8A6B #4E8A89 #4E6D8A

triadic

#4E8A89 #894E8A #8A894E

tetradic

#4E8A89 #6B4E8A #8A4E4F #6D8A4E

square

#4E8A89 #6B4E8A #8A4E4F #6D8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A89 #8A4E6D #8A6B4E

monochromatic

#223C3B #386362 #4E8A89 #6AABAA #91C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A89

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A89	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.063 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acab',
    500: '#4e8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a89;
$custom-light: #84acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59262,
    "c": 0.06264,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A89

secondary

#AE8687

accent

#6465C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A89

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

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