#4E8083#4E8083

#4E8083 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.054 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8083
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 131)
HSL	hsl(183, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 2.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, -15.96, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 17.40, 203.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0506 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.054 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9563, 18.6957, 24.2888)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8083 #83514E

analogous

#4E836B #4E8083 #4E6583

triadic

#4E8083 #834E80 #80834E

tetradic

#4E8083 #6B4E83 #83514E #65834E

square

#4E8083 #6B4E83 #83514E #65834E

split-complementary

#4E8083 #834E65 #836B4E

monochromatic

#203536 #375B5D #4E8083 #69A2A6 #8FBABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4E8083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4E8083 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8083

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8083	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.054 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a7',
    500: '#4e8083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8083;
$custom-light: #83a5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.396,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56575,
    "c": 0.05408,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8083

secondary

#A98684

accent

#6B66C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8083

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

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