#4E8D8A#4E8D8A

#4E8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.065 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D8A
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -21.02, -4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 21.55, 192.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.064 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.065 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2524, 22.5031, 27.4742)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D8A #8D4E51

analogous

#4E8D6A #4E8D8A #4E708D

triadic

#4E8D8A #8A4E8D #8D8A4E

tetradic

#4E8D8A #6A4E8D #8D4E51 #708D4E

square

#4E8D8A #6A4E8D #8D4E51 #708D4E

split-complementary

#4E8D8A #8D4E70 #8D6A4E

monochromatic

#223E3D #386663 #4E8D8A #6BADAA #92C3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#4E8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#4E8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D8A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D8A	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.065 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeac',
    500: '#4e8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d8a;
$custom-light: #84aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6004,
    "c": 0.06536,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D8A

secondary

#AF8789

accent

#6367C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D8A

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

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