#4E8280#4E8280

#4E8280 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.056 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8280
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 128)
HSL	hsl(178, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 1.5%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, -17.84, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 18.38, 193.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.0545 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.056 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0193, 19.1424, 23.3213)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8280 #824E50

analogous

#4E8266 #4E8280 #4E6A82

triadic

#4E8280 #804E82 #82804E

tetradic

#4E8280 #664E82 #824E50 #6A824E

square

#4E8280 #664E82 #824E50 #6A824E

split-complementary

#4E8280 #824E6A #82664E

monochromatic

#203535 #375C5A #4E8280 #68A5A2 #8FBCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4E8280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4E8280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8280

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8280	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.056 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a6a4',
    500: '#4e8280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8280;
$custom-light: #83a6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56964,
    "c": 0.05589,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8280

secondary

#A88485

accent

#666AC1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8280

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

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