#4E8E97#4E8E97

#4E8E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.067 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E97
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -17.99, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 21.17, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0596 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.067 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3986, 23.1986, 32.7804)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E97 #97574E

analogous

#4E977B #4E8E97 #4E6A97

triadic

#4E8E97 #974E8E #8E974E

tetradic

#4E8E97 #7B4E97 #97574E #6A974E

square

#4E8E97 #7B4E97 #97574E #6A974E

split-complementary

#4E8E97 #974E6A #977B4E

monochromatic

#244246 #39686F #4E8E97 #6EABB4 #96C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4E8E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E97

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E97	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.067 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afb5',
    500: '#4e8e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e97;
$custom-light: #85afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60754,
    "c": 0.06702,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E97

secondary

#B6908B

accent

#6D60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E97

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

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