#4E8A8F#4E8A8F

#4E8A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.063 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A8F
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(185, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -18.09, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 20.10, 205.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0581 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.063 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1864, 21.7785, 29.2793)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A8F #8F534E

analogous

#4E8F73 #4E8A8F #4E698F

triadic

#4E8A8F #8F4E8A #8A8F4E

tetradic

#4E8A8F #734E8F #8F534E #698F4E

square

#4E8A8F #734E8F #8F534E #698F4E

split-complementary

#4E8A8F #8F4E69 #8F734E

monochromatic

#233E40 #386467 #4E8A8F #6CA9AF #93C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E8A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4E8A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A8F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A8F	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.063 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acaf',
    500: '#4e8a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a8f;
$custom-light: #84acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59477,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A8F

secondary

#B18B88

accent

#6A62C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A8F

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

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