#4E8085#4E8085

#4E8085 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.054 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8085
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 133)
HSL	hsl(185, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, -15.42, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 17.38, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.0497 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.054 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0931, 18.7504, 25.0096)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8085 #85534E

analogous

#4E856F #4E8085 #4E6585

triadic

#4E8085 #854E80 #80854E

tetradic

#4E8085 #6F4E85 #85534E #65854E

square

#4E8085 #6F4E85 #85534E #65854E

split-complementary

#4E8085 #854E65 #856F4E

monochromatic

#213638 #375B5E #4E8085 #69A1A7 #90BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#4E8085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4E8085 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8085

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8085	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.054 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a8',
    500: '#4e8085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8085;
$custom-light: #83a5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56649,
    "c": 0.05438,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8085

secondary

#AA8884

accent

#6E65C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8085

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

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