#4E8183#4E8183

#4E8183 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.055 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8183
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 131)
HSL	hsl(182, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, -16.51, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 17.73, 201.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0519 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.055 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0874, 18.9578, 24.3325)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8183 #83504E

analogous

#4E836A #4E8183 #4E6683

triadic

#4E8183 #834E81 #81834E

tetradic

#4E8183 #6A4E83 #83504E #66834E

square

#4E8183 #6A4E83 #83504E #66834E

split-complementary

#4E8183 #834E66 #836A4E

monochromatic

#203536 #375B5D #4E8183 #69A3A6 #8FBBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#4E8183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4E8183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8183

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8183	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#7A7D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.055 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a7',
    500: '#4e8183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8183;
$custom-light: #83a5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56822,
    "c": 0.05488,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8183

secondary

#A98584

accent

#6966C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8183

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

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