#4E8380#4E8380

#4E8380 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.057 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8380
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 128)
HSL	hsl(177, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 2.3%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, -18.38, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 18.80, 192.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0558 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.057 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1530, 19.4097, 23.3659)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8380 #834E51

analogous

#4E8365 #4E8380 #4E6B83

triadic

#4E8380 #804E83 #83804E

tetradic

#4E8380 #654E83 #834E51 #6B834E

square

#4E8380 #654E83 #834E51 #6B834E

split-complementary

#4E8380 #834E6B #83654E

monochromatic

#203635 #375D5B #4E8380 #69A6A2 #8FBCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#4E8380 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#4E8380 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8380

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8380	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8380	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8380;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.057 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a4',
    500: '#4e8380',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8380;
$custom-light: #83a7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8380",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57213,
    "c": 0.05691,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8380

secondary

#A98486

accent

#666BC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8380

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

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