#4E8383#4E8383

#4E8383 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.057 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8383
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 131)
HSL	hsl(180, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, -17.59, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 18.44, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0545 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.057 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3534, 19.4899, 24.4212)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8383 #834E4E

analogous

#4E8368 #4E8383 #4E6883

triadic

#4E8383 #834E83 #83834E

tetradic

#4E8383 #684E83 #834E4E #68834E

square

#4E8383 #684E83 #834E4E #68834E

split-complementary

#4E8383 #834E68 #83684E

monochromatic

#203636 #375D5D #4E8383 #69A6A6 #8FBCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#4E8383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4E8383 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8383

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8383	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.057 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a7',
    500: '#4e8383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8383;
$custom-light: #83a7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57317,
    "c": 0.05661,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8383

secondary

#A98484

accent

#6666C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8383

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

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