#4E8E8D#4E8E8D

#4E8E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.066 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E8D
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -20.74, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 21.56, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0639 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.066 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6207, 22.8874, 28.6833)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E8D #8E4E4F

analogous

#4E8E6D #4E8E8D #4E6F8E

triadic

#4E8E8D #8D4E8E #8E8D4E

tetradic

#4E8E8D #6D4E8E #8E4E4F #6F8E4E

square

#4E8E8D #6D4E8E #8E4E4F #6F8E4E

split-complementary

#4E8E8D #8E4E6F #8E6D4E

monochromatic

#233F3F #386666 #4E8E8D #6BAEAD #93C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4E8E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4E8E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E8D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E8D	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.066 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afae',
    500: '#4e8e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e8d;
$custom-light: #84afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.063,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60391,
    "c": 0.06595,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E8D

secondary

#B08888

accent

#6264C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E8D

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

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