#4E8084#4E8084

#4E8084 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.054 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8084
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 132)
HSL	hsl(184, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, -15.69, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 17.38, 205.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.0502 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.054 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0244, 18.7229, 24.6475)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8084 #84524E

analogous

#4E846D #4E8084 #4E6584

triadic

#4E8084 #844E80 #80844E

tetradic

#4E8084 #6D4E84 #84524E #65844E

square

#4E8084 #6D4E84 #84524E #65844E

split-complementary

#4E8084 #844E65 #846D4E

monochromatic

#213537 #375B5E #4E8084 #69A2A6 #8FBABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4E8084 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4E8084 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8084

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8084	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8084	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)

#797C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8084;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.054 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a7',
    500: '#4e8084',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8084;
$custom-light: #83a5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8084",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56612,
    "c": 0.05421,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8084

secondary

#AA8784

accent

#6D66C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8084

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

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