#4E8A8B#4E8A8B

#4E8A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.063 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A8B
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -19.18, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 20.29, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0598 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.063 197)
XYZ	xyz(16.8888, 21.6594, 27.7118)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A8B #8B4F4E

analogous

#4E8B6E #4E8A8B #4E6B8B

triadic

#4E8A8B #8B4E8A #8A8B4E

tetradic

#4E8A8B #6E4E8B #8B4F4E #6B8B4E

square

#4E8A8B #6E4E8B #8B4F4E #6B8B4E

split-complementary

#4E8A8B #8B4E6B #8B6E4E

monochromatic

#223C3D #386364 #4E8A8B #6BABAC #92C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A8B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A8B	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)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.063 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acac',
    500: '#4e8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a8b;
$custom-light: #84acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.06257,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.21661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A8B

secondary

#AE8787

accent

#6563C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A8B

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

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