#4E8E8A#4E8E8A

#4E8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.066 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(176, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -21.54, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 21.96, 191.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0653 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.066 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4005, 22.7993, 27.5236)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E8A #8E4E52

analogous

#4E8E6A #4E8E8A #4E728E

triadic

#4E8E8A #8A4E8E #8E8A4E

tetradic

#4E8E8A #6A4E8E #8E4E52 #728E4E

square

#4E8E8A #6A4E8E #8E4E52 #728E4E

split-complementary

#4E8E8A #8E4E72 #8E6A4E

monochromatic

#233F3D #386664 #4E8E8A #6BAEAA #93C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4E8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E8A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E8A	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.066 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afac',
    500: '#4e8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e8a;
$custom-light: #84afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60288,
    "c": 0.06634,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E8A

secondary

#B0888A

accent

#6269C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E8A

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

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