#4E8F8A#4E8F8A

#4E8F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.067 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8F8A
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(175, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -22.06, -3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 22.39, 189.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0665 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.067 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5500, 23.0982, 27.5734)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8F8A #8F4E53

analogous

#4E8F69 #4E8F8A #4E738F

triadic

#4E8F8A #8A4E8F #8F8A4E

tetradic

#4E8F8A #694E8F #8F4E53 #738F4E

square

#4E8F8A #694E8F #8F4E53 #738F4E

split-complementary

#4E8F8A #8F4E73 #8F694E

monochromatic

#23403E #386764 #4E8F8A #6CAFA9 #93C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4E8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8F8A

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8F8A	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.067 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b0ac',
    500: '#4e8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8f8a;
$custom-light: #84b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60536,
    "c": 0.06736,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8F8A

secondary

#B1888B

accent

#626AC6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8F8A

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

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