#4E8E91#4E8E91

#4E8E91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.066 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E91
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 145)
HSL	hsl(183, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 46%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -19.66, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 21.22, 202.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.0621 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.066 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9237, 23.0086, 30.2792)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E91 #91514E

analogous

#4E9172 #4E8E91 #4E6C91

triadic

#4E8E91 #914E8E #8E914E

tetradic

#4E8E91 #724E91 #91514E #6C914E

square

#4E8E91 #724E91 #91514E #6C914E

split-complementary

#4E8E91 #914E6C #91724E

monochromatic

#234041 #396769 #4E8E91 #6CADB0 #94C3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4E8E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4E8E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E91

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E91	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.066 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afb1',
    500: '#4e8e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e91;
$custom-light: #84afb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60533,
    "c": 0.06593,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E91

secondary

#B28B89

accent

#6662C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E91

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

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