#4E8384#4E8384

#4E8384 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.057 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8384
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 132)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -17.32, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 18.36, 199.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.054 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.057 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4215, 19.5171, 24.7799)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8384 #844F4E

analogous

#4E846A #4E8384 #4E6884

triadic

#4E8384 #844E83 #83844E

tetradic

#4E8384 #6A4E84 #844F4E #68844E

square

#4E8384 #6A4E84 #844F4E #68844E

split-complementary

#4E8384 #844E68 #846A4E

monochromatic

#213737 #375D5E #4E8384 #69A5A6 #8FBCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E8384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4E8384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8384

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8384	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#7C7E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.057 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a7',
    500: '#4e8384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8384;
$custom-light: #83a7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57353,
    "c": 0.05659,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8384

secondary

#AA8584

accent

#6766C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8384

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

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