#4E8C8A#4E8C8A

#4E8C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.064 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C8A
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, -20.50, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 21.15, 194.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0628 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.064 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1056, 22.2095, 27.4253)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C8A #8C4E50

analogous

#4E8C6B #4E8C8A #4E6F8C

triadic

#4E8C8A #8A4E8C #8C8A4E

tetradic

#4E8C8A #6B4E8C #8C4E50 #6F8C4E

square

#4E8C8A #6B4E8C #8C4E50 #6F8C4E

split-complementary

#4E8C8A #8C4E6F #8C6B4E

monochromatic

#223D3D #386563 #4E8C8A #6BACAA #92C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4E8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#4E8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C8A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C8A	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.064 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeac',
    500: '#4e8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c8a;
$custom-light: #84aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59792,
    "c": 0.0644,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C8A

secondary

#AF8788

accent

#6366C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C8A

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

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