#4E8B88#4E8B88

#4E8B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.064 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B88
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -20.51, -4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 21.01, 192.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0624 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.064 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8167, 21.8612, 26.6212)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B88 #8B4E51

analogous

#4E8B69 #4E8B88 #4E708B

triadic

#4E8B88 #884E8B #8B884E

tetradic

#4E8B88 #694E8B #8B4E51 #708B4E

square

#4E8B88 #694E8B #8B4E51 #708B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B88 #8B4E70 #8B694E

monochromatic

#223D3B #386462 #4E8B88 #6BACA8 #92C2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E8B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4E8B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B88

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B88	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.064 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adaa',
    500: '#4e8b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b88;
$custom-light: #84adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59475,
    "c": 0.0637,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B88

secondary

#AE8789

accent

#6368C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B88

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

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