#4E8E98#4E8E98

#4E8E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.067 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E98
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(188, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -17.71, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 21.21, 213.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0591 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.067 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4802, 23.2312, 33.2099)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E98 #98584E

analogous

#4E987D #4E8E98 #4E6998

triadic

#4E8E98 #984E8E #8E984E

tetradic

#4E8E98 #7D4E98 #98584E #69984E

square

#4E8E98 #7D4E98 #98584E #69984E

split-complementary

#4E8E98 #984E69 #987D4E

monochromatic

#244247 #396870 #4E8E98 #6EABB5 #97C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4E8E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E98

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E98	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.067 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afb6',
    500: '#4e8e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e98;
$custom-light: #85afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60792,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E98

secondary

#B6918C

accent

#6E5FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E98

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

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