#4E8F8D#4E8F8D

#4E8F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.067 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8F8D
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -21.27, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 21.95, 194.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0652 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.067 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7702, 23.1863, 28.7331)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8F8D #8F4E50

analogous

#4E8F6C #4E8F8D #4E708F

triadic

#4E8F8D #8D4E8F #8F8D4E

tetradic

#4E8F8D #6C4E8F #8F4E50 #708F4E

square

#4E8F8D #6C4E8F #8F4E50 #708F4E

split-complementary

#4E8F8D #8F4E70 #8F6C4E

monochromatic

#23403F #386766 #4E8F8D #6CAFAD #93C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4E8F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8F8D

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8F8D	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)

#88898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.067 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b0ae',
    500: '#4e8f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8f8d;
$custom-light: #84b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.154,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60638,
    "c": 0.06686,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8F8D

secondary

#B18889

accent

#6265C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8F8D

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

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