#4E8281#4E8281

#4E8281 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.056 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8281
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 129)
HSL	hsl(179, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 0.8%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -17.58, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 18.26, 195.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57% -0.0541 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.056 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0855, 19.1689, 23.6697)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8281 #824E4F

analogous

#4E8267 #4E8281 #4E6982

triadic

#4E8281 #814E82 #82814E

tetradic

#4E8281 #674E82 #824E4F #69824E

square

#4E8281 #674E82 #824E4F #69824E

split-complementary

#4E8281 #824E69 #82674E

monochromatic

#203535 #375C5B #4E8281 #68A5A4 #8FBCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#4E8281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4E8281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8281

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8281	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#7C7D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.056 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a6a5',
    500: '#4e8281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8281;
$custom-light: #83a6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56999,
    "c": 0.05579,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8281

secondary

#A88484

accent

#6668C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8281

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

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