#4E8181#4E8181

#4E8181 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.055 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8181
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 129)
HSL	hsl(180, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, -17.04, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 17.88, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0528 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.055 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9531, 18.9042, 23.6255)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8181 #814E4E

analogous

#4E8167 #4E8181 #4E6781

triadic

#4E8181 #814E81 #81814E

tetradic

#4E8181 #674E81 #814E4E #67814E

square

#4E8181 #674E81 #814E4E #67814E

split-complementary

#4E8181 #814E67 #81674E

monochromatic

#203535 #375B5B #4E8181 #68A4A4 #8EBBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4E8181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4E8181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8181

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8181	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.055 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a5',
    500: '#4e8181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8181;
$custom-light: #83a5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56751,
    "c": 0.05485,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8181

secondary

#A88383

accent

#6767C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8181

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

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