#4E8A8E#4E8A8E

#4E8A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.063 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A8E
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -18.36, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 20.12, 204.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0585 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.063 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1110, 21.7483, 28.8821)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A8E #8E524E

analogous

#4E8E72 #4E8A8E #4E6A8E

triadic

#4E8A8E #8E4E8A #8A8E4E

tetradic

#4E8A8E #724E8E #8E524E #6A8E4E

square

#4E8A8E #724E8E #8E524E #6A8E4E

split-complementary

#4E8A8E #8E4E6A #8E724E

monochromatic

#233D3F #386466 #4E8A8E #6BAAAE #93C1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A8E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A8E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.063 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acaf',
    500: '#4e8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a8e;
$custom-light: #84acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5944,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A8E

secondary

#B08A88

accent

#6962C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A8E

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

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