#4E8C8D#4E8C8D

#4E8C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.064 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C8D
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -19.69, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 20.83, 199.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0614 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.064 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3258, 22.2976, 28.5850)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C8D #8D4F4E

analogous

#4E8D6E #4E8C8D #4E6C8D

triadic

#4E8C8D #8D4E8C #8C8D4E

tetradic

#4E8C8D #6E4E8D #8D4F4E #6C8D4E

square

#4E8C8D #6E4E8D #8D4F4E #6C8D4E

split-complementary

#4E8C8D #8D4E6C #8D6E4E

monochromatic

#223E3E #386566 #4E8C8D #6BACAD #92C2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E8C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4E8C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C8D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C8D	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.064 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adae',
    500: '#4e8c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c8d;
$custom-light: #84adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59897,
    "c": 0.06423,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C8D

secondary

#AF8887

accent

#6463C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C8D

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

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