#4E837E#4E837E

#4E837E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.057 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E837E
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 126)
HSL	hsl(174, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, -18.90, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 19.11, 188.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.0568 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.057 188)
XYZ	xyz(15.0227, 19.3576, 22.6794)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E837E #834E53

analogous

#4E8363 #4E837E #4E6D83

triadic

#4E837E #7E4E83 #837E4E

tetradic

#4E837E #634E83 #834E53 #6D834E

square

#4E837E #634E83 #834E53 #6D834E

split-complementary

#4E837E #834E6D #83634E

monochromatic

#203634 #375D59 #4E837E #69A6A0 #8FBCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4E837E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4E837E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E837E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E837E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E837E	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74777F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e837e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.057 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a3',
    500: '#4e837e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e837e;
$custom-light: #83a7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e837e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57144,
    "c": 0.05732,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.19359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E837E

secondary

#A98487

accent

#666FC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E837E

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

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