#4E8A8A#4E8A8A

#4E8A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.063 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A8A
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -19.45, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 20.38, 197.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0603 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.063 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8160, 21.6303, 27.3288)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A8A #8A4E4E

analogous

#4E8A6C #4E8A8A #4E6C8A

triadic

#4E8A8A #8A4E8A #8A8A4E

tetradic

#4E8A8A #6C4E8A #8A4E4E #6C8A4E

square

#4E8A8A #6C4E8A #8A4E4E #6C8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A8A #8A4E6C #8A6C4E

monochromatic

#223C3C #386363 #4E8A8A #6AABAB #91C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A8A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A8A	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.063 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acac',
    500: '#4e8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a8a;
$custom-light: #84acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59297,
    "c": 0.06259,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A8A

secondary

#AE8686

accent

#6464C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A8A

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

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