#4E8386#4E8386

#4E8386 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.057 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8386
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 134)
HSL	hsl(183, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 2.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -16.78, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 18.25, 203.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0532 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.057 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5597, 19.5724, 25.5076)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8386 #86514E

analogous

#4E866D #4E8386 #4E6786

triadic

#4E8386 #864E83 #83864E

tetradic

#4E8386 #6D4E86 #86514E #67864E

square

#4E8386 #6D4E86 #86514E #67864E

split-complementary

#4E8386 #864E67 #866D4E

monochromatic

#213739 #375D5F #4E8386 #69A5A8 #90BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#4E8386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4E8386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8386

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8386	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	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)

#7C7F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.057 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a9',
    500: '#4e8386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8386;
$custom-light: #83a7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57425,
    "c": 0.05671,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8386

secondary

#AB8785

accent

#6A65C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8386

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

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