#4E8D8B#4E8D8B

#4E8D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.065 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D8B
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -20.76, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 21.41, 194.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0636 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.065 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3251, 22.5322, 27.8573)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D8B #8D4E50

analogous

#4E8D6B #4E8D8B #4E6F8D

triadic

#4E8D8B #8B4E8D #8D8B4E

tetradic

#4E8D8B #6B4E8D #8D4E50 #6F8D4E

square

#4E8D8B #6B4E8D #8D4E50 #6F8D4E

split-complementary

#4E8D8B #8D4E6F #8D6B4E

monochromatic

#223E3D #386664 #4E8D8B #6BADAB #92C3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E8D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#4E8D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D8B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D8B	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.065 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeac',
    500: '#4e8d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d8b;
$custom-light: #84aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60074,
    "c": 0.06523,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D8B

secondary

#AF8789

accent

#6366C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D8B

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

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