#4E8A8D#4E8A8D

#4E8A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.063 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A8D
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -18.63, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 20.16, 202.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0589 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.063 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0362, 21.7184, 28.4885)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A8D #8D514E

analogous

#4E8D70 #4E8A8D #4E6A8D

triadic

#4E8A8D #8D4E8A #8A8D4E

tetradic

#4E8A8D #704E8D #8D514E #6A8D4E

square

#4E8A8D #704E8D #8D514E #6A8D4E

split-complementary

#4E8A8D #8D4E6A #8D704E

monochromatic

#223D3E #386366 #4E8A8D #6BAAAD #92C1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#4E8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A8D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A8D	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.063 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acae',
    500: '#4e8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a8d;
$custom-light: #84acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59404,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A8D

secondary

#AF8987

accent

#6763C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A8D

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

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