#4E838D#4E838D

#4E838D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.058 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E838D
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(190, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -14.85, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 18.43, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0501 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.058 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0641, 19.7742, 28.1644)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E838D #8D584E

analogous

#4E8D77 #4E838D #4E638D

triadic

#4E838D #8D4E83 #838D4E

tetradic

#4E838D #774E8D #8D584E #638D4E

square

#4E838D #774E8D #8D584E #638D4E

split-complementary

#4E838D #8D4E63 #8D774E

monochromatic

#223A3E #385E66 #4E838D #6BA3AD #92BBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E838D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E838D	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.058 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7ae',
    500: '#4e838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e838d;
$custom-light: #83a7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57686,
    "c": 0.05843,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E838D

secondary

#AF8E87

accent

#7263C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E838D

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

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