#4E8589

Closest named color: Dusty Teal (#4C9085). oklch(58% 0.059 201.7), rgb(78, 133, 137).

Black text reads best on this color (5.04:1).

About this color

#4E8589 is a medium-dark, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 58%, its chroma 0.059 and its hue 202°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dusty Teal (#4C9085), ΔE 0.036 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.04:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	medium-dark (58%)
Chroma	muted (0.059)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Dusty Teal (#4C9085)
Black text	5.04:1
White text	4.16:1

Values

HEX	#4E8589
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 137)
HSL	hsl(184, 27%, 42%)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.059 201.7)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #4E8589	4.16:1	AA large text	Lc -74.1	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #4E8589	5.04:1	AA	Lc 35.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#4E8589 text on white	4.16:1	AA large text	Lc 68.6	Content text, not long reading
#4E8589 text on black	5.04:1	AA	Lc -33.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

Step 50
50

#F3F6F6

oklch(97.1% 0.003 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E4EBEC

oklch(93.5% 0.008 207.1)
Step 200
200

#CFDCDD

oklch(88.5% 0.014 202.4)
Step 300
300

#AEC6C8

oklch(80.9% 0.026 202.8)
Step 400
400

#82A9AC

oklch(70.7% 0.042 202.1)
Step 500
500

#619497

oklch(63.2% 0.055 200.6)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#4E8589

oklch(58% 0.059 201.7)
Step 700
700

#386A6E

oklch(49.1% 0.054 202.3)
Step 800
800

#2F5659

oklch(42.6% 0.045 202)
Step 900
900

#2A4749

oklch(37.6% 0.035 201.4)
Step 950
950

#192A2B

oklch(27.1% 0.023 200.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#4E8589 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#7E8189	0.060
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#737989	0.054
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#338986	0.026
Achromatopsia (no color)	#7C7C7C	0.059