#4E8081#4E8081

#4E8081 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.054 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8081
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 129)
HSL	hsl(181, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, -16.50, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 17.51, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% -0.0515 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.054 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8220, 18.6420, 23.5818)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8081 #814F4E

analogous

#4E8168 #4E8081 #4E6681

triadic

#4E8081 #814E80 #80814E

tetradic

#4E8081 #684E81 #814F4E #66814E

square

#4E8081 #684E81 #814F4E #66814E

split-complementary

#4E8081 #814E66 #81684E

monochromatic

#203435 #375A5B #4E8081 #68A3A4 #8EBABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4E8081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4E8081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8081

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8081	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.054 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a5a5',
    500: '#4e8081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8081;
$custom-light: #82a5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56503,
    "c": 0.05395,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8081

secondary

#A88483

accent

#6967C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8081

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

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