#4E8E89#4E8E89

#4E8E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.067 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E89
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(175, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -21.81, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 22.13, 189.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0657 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.067 189)
XYZ	xyz(17.3285, 22.7705, 27.1441)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E89 #8E4E53

analogous

#4E8E69 #4E8E89 #4E738E

triadic

#4E8E89 #894E8E #8E894E

tetradic

#4E8E89 #694E8E #8E4E53 #738E4E

square

#4E8E89 #694E8E #8E4E53 #738E4E

split-complementary

#4E8E89 #8E4E73 #8E694E

monochromatic

#233F3D #386663 #4E8E89 #6BAEA9 #93C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E8E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E8E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E89

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E89	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D808A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.067 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afab',
    500: '#4e8e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e89;
$custom-light: #84afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60254,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.22772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E89

secondary

#B0888B

accent

#626AC5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E89

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

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