#4E8381#4E8381

#4E8381 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.057 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8381
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 129)
HSL	hsl(178, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, -18.12, -4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 18.66, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.0554 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.057 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2191, 19.4362, 23.7142)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8381 #834E50

analogous

#4E8366 #4E8381 #4E6A83

triadic

#4E8381 #814E83 #83814E

tetradic

#4E8381 #664E83 #834E50 #6A834E

square

#4E8381 #664E83 #834E50 #6A834E

split-complementary

#4E8381 #834E6A #83664E

monochromatic

#203635 #375D5B #4E8381 #69A6A3 #8FBCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#4E8381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#4E8381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8381

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8381	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.057 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a5',
    500: '#4e8381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8381;
$custom-light: #83a7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57247,
    "c": 0.05677,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8381

secondary

#A98485

accent

#6669C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8381

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

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