#4E8080#4E8080

#4E8080 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.054 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8080
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(180, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 0%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, -16.76, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 17.59, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0519 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.054 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7559, 18.6155, 23.2335)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8080 #804E4E

analogous

#4E8067 #4E8080 #4E6780

triadic

#4E8080 #804E80 #80804E

tetradic

#4E8080 #674E80 #804E4E #67804E

square

#4E8080 #674E80 #804E4E #67804E

split-complementary

#4E8080 #804E67 #80674E

monochromatic

#203434 #375A5A #4E8080 #68A3A3 #8EBABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#4E8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4E8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8080

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8080	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.054 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a5a4',
    500: '#4e8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8080;
$custom-light: #82a5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56468,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8080

secondary

#A78383

accent

#6767C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8080

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

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