#4E8388#4E8388

#4E8388 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.057 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8388
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 136)
HSL	hsl(185, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, -16.24, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 18.21, 206.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0523 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.057 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7005, 19.6287, 26.2492)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8388 #88534E

analogous

#4E8870 #4E8388 #4E6688

triadic

#4E8388 #884E83 #83884E

tetradic

#4E8388 #704E88 #88534E #66884E

square

#4E8388 #704E88 #88534E #66884E

split-complementary

#4E8388 #884E66 #88704E

monochromatic

#21383A #385E61 #4E8388 #6AA4A9 #91BCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4E8388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#4E8388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8388

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8388	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.057 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7aa',
    500: '#4e8388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8388;
$custom-light: #83a7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57498,
    "c": 0.05698,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8388

secondary

#AC8986

accent

#6D64C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8388

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

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