#4E8B89#4E8B89

#4E8B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.064 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B89
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -20.24, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 20.88, 194.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.062 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.064 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8881, 21.8898, 26.9973)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B89 #8B4E50

analogous

#4E8B6B #4E8B89 #4E6E8B

triadic

#4E8B89 #894E8B #8B894E

tetradic

#4E8B89 #6B4E8B #8B4E50 #6E8B4E

square

#4E8B89 #6B4E8B #8B4E50 #6E8B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B89 #8B4E6E #8B6B4E

monochromatic

#223D3C #386462 #4E8B89 #6BACAA #92C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E8B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4E8B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B89

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B89	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.064 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adab',
    500: '#4e8b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b89;
$custom-light: #84adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59509,
    "c": 0.06357,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B89

secondary

#AE8788

accent

#6367C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B89

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

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