#4E8B85#4E8B85

#4E8B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.064 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B85
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -21.30, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 21.50, 187.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0638 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.064 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6065, 21.7771, 25.5141)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B85 #8B4E54

analogous

#4E8B66 #4E8B85 #4E738B

triadic

#4E8B85 #854E8B #8B854E

tetradic

#4E8B85 #664E8B #8B4E54 #738B4E

square

#4E8B85 #664E8B #8B4E54 #738B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B85 #8B4E73 #8B664E

monochromatic

#223D3A #38645F #4E8B85 #6BACA5 #92C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E8B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4E8B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B85

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B85	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)

#858585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.064 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ada8',
    500: '#4e8b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b85;
$custom-light: #83ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59373,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B85

secondary

#AE878A

accent

#636DC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B85

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

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