#4E8B90#4E8B90

#4E8B90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.064 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B90
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 144)
HSL	hsl(185, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 46%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -18.34, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 20.36, 205.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0589 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.064 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4066, 22.0972, 29.7281)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B90 #90534E

analogous

#4E9074 #4E8B90 #4E6A90

triadic

#4E8B90 #904E8B #8B904E

tetradic

#4E8B90 #744E90 #90534E #6A904E

square

#4E8B90 #744E90 #90534E #6A904E

split-complementary

#4E8B90 #904E6A #90744E

monochromatic

#233E41 #386568 #4E8B90 #6CAAAF #94C1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E8B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4E8B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B90

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B90	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.064 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adb0',
    500: '#4e8b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b90;
$custom-light: #84adb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59759,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B90

secondary

#B18C88

accent

#6962C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B90

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

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