#4E8186#4E8186

#4E8186 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.055 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8186
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 134)
HSL	hsl(185, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, -15.70, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 17.66, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0506 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.055 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2936, 19.0404, 25.4189)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8186 #86534E

analogous

#4E866F #4E8186 #4E6586

triadic

#4E8186 #864E81 #81864E

tetradic

#4E8186 #6F4E86 #86534E #65864E

square

#4E8186 #6F4E86 #86534E #65864E

split-complementary

#4E8186 #864E65 #866F4E

monochromatic

#213739 #375C5F #4E8186 #69A2A8 #90BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4E8186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#4E8186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8186

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8186	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.055 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5a9',
    500: '#4e8186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8186;
$custom-light: #83a5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56932,
    "c": 0.05525,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8186

secondary

#AB8885

accent

#6D65C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8186

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

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