#4E8B86#4E8B86

#4E8B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.064 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B86
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -21.03, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 21.33, 189.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0633 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.064 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6759, 21.8049, 25.8796)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B86 #8B4E53

analogous

#4E8B67 #4E8B86 #4E718B

triadic

#4E8B86 #864E8B #8B864E

tetradic

#4E8B86 #674E8B #8B4E53 #718B4E

square

#4E8B86 #674E8B #8B4E53 #718B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B86 #8B4E71 #8B674E

monochromatic

#223D3A #386460 #4E8B86 #6BACA6 #92C2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E8B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4E8B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B86

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B86	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)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.064 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ada9',
    500: '#4e8b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b86;
$custom-light: #84ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59407,
    "c": 0.06409,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B86

secondary

#AE878A

accent

#636BC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B86

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

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