#4E8385#4E8385

#4E8385 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.057 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8385
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 133)
HSL	hsl(182, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, -17.05, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 18.30, 201.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.0536 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.057 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4902, 19.5446, 25.1420)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8385 #85504E

analogous

#4E856C #4E8385 #4E6885

triadic

#4E8385 #854E83 #83854E

tetradic

#4E8385 #6C4E85 #85504E #68854E

square

#4E8385 #6C4E85 #85504E #68854E

split-complementary

#4E8385 #854E68 #856C4E

monochromatic

#213738 #375D5E #4E8385 #69A5A7 #90BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E8385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4E8385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8385

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8385	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.057 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a8',
    500: '#4e8385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8385;
$custom-light: #83a7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.182,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57389,
    "c": 0.05663,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8385

secondary

#AA8684

accent

#6965C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8385

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

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