#4E8185#4E8185

#4E8185 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.055 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8185
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 133)
HSL	hsl(184, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, -15.97, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 17.66, 205.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% -0.051 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.055 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2242, 19.0126, 25.0533)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8185 #85524E

analogous

#4E856E #4E8185 #4E6685

triadic

#4E8185 #854E81 #81854E

tetradic

#4E8185 #6E4E85 #85524E #66854E

square

#4E8185 #6E4E85 #85524E #66854E

split-complementary

#4E8185 #854E66 #856E4E

monochromatic

#213638 #375C5E #4E8185 #69A3A7 #90BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4E8185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#4E8185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8185

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8185	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.055 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a8',
    500: '#4e8185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8185;
$custom-light: #83a5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.364,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56895,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8185

secondary

#AA8784

accent

#6C65C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8185

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

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