#4E8D8D#4E8D8D

#4E8D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.065 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D8D
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(180, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -20.22, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 21.19, 197.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0627 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.065 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4726, 22.5912, 28.6339)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D8D #8D4E4E

analogous

#4E8D6D #4E8D8D #4E6D8D

triadic

#4E8D8D #8D4E8D #8D8D4E

tetradic

#4E8D8D #6D4E8D #8D4E4E #6D8D4E

square

#4E8D8D #6D4E8D #8D4E4E #6D8D4E

split-complementary

#4E8D8D #8D4E6D #8D6D4E

monochromatic

#223E3E #386666 #4E8D8D #6BADAD #92C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E8D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E8D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D8D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D8D	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.065 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeae',
    500: '#4e8d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d8d;
$custom-light: #84aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.06508,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D8D

secondary

#AF8787

accent

#6363C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D8D

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

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