#4E8182#4E8182

#4E8182 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.055 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8182
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 130)
HSL	hsl(181, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, -16.78, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 17.79, 199.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.0523 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.055 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0199, 18.9309, 23.9773)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8182 #824F4E

analogous

#4E8269 #4E8182 #4E6782

triadic

#4E8182 #824E81 #81824E

tetradic

#4E8182 #694E82 #824F4E #67824E

square

#4E8182 #694E82 #824F4E #67824E

split-complementary

#4E8182 #824E67 #82694E

monochromatic

#203535 #375B5C #4E8182 #68A4A5 #8FBBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4E8182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4E8182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8182

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8182	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.055 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a6',
    500: '#4e8182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8182;
$custom-light: #83a5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56787,
    "c": 0.05484,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8182

secondary

#A88484

accent

#6866C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8182

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

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