#4E8480#4E8480

#4E8480 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.058 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8480
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(176, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, -18.91, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 19.23, 190.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0571 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.058 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2880, 19.6797, 23.4108)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8480 #844E52

analogous

#4E8465 #4E8480 #4E6D84

triadic

#4E8480 #804E84 #84804E

tetradic

#4E8480 #654E84 #844E52 #6D844E

square

#4E8480 #654E84 #844E52 #6D844E

split-complementary

#4E8480 #844E6D #84654E

monochromatic

#213735 #375E5B #4E8480 #69A6A2 #8FBDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4E8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4E8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8480

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8480	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.058 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a4',
    500: '#4e8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8480;
$custom-light: #83a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.05795,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8480

secondary

#AA8487

accent

#666DC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8480

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

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