#4E8481#4E8481

#4E8481 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.058 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8481
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(177, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -18.65, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 19.08, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0567 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.058 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3541, 19.7061, 23.7592)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8481 #844E51

analogous

#4E8466 #4E8481 #4E6C84

triadic

#4E8481 #814E84 #84814E

tetradic

#4E8481 #664E84 #844E51 #6C844E

square

#4E8481 #664E84 #844E51 #6C844E

split-complementary

#4E8481 #844E6C #84664E

monochromatic

#213736 #375E5B #4E8481 #69A6A3 #8FBDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4E8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4E8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8481

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8481	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)

#7E7F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.058 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a5',
    500: '#4e8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8481;
$custom-light: #83a8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57496,
    "c": 0.05777,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8481

secondary

#AA8486

accent

#666BC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8481

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

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