#4E8387#4E8387

#4E8387 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.057 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8387
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 135)
HSL	hsl(184, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -16.51, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 18.22, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0527 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.057 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6297, 19.6004, 25.8766)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8387 #87524E

analogous

#4E876F #4E8387 #4E6787

triadic

#4E8387 #874E83 #83874E

tetradic

#4E8387 #6F4E87 #87524E #67874E

square

#4E8387 #6F4E87 #87524E #67874E

split-complementary

#4E8387 #874E67 #876F4E

monochromatic

#213839 #385D60 #4E8387 #6AA4A9 #90BCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#4E8387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#4E8387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8387

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8387	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.057 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7a9',
    500: '#4e8387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8387;
$custom-light: #83a7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.05682,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8387

secondary

#AC8885

accent

#6B65C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8387

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

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