#4E8484#4E8484

#4E8484 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.057 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8484
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -17.86, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 18.73, 197.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0553 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.057 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5564, 19.7870, 24.8249)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8484 #844E4E

analogous

#4E8469 #4E8484 #4E6984

triadic

#4E8484 #844E84 #84844E

tetradic

#4E8484 #694E84 #844E4E #69844E

square

#4E8484 #694E84 #844E4E #69844E

split-complementary

#4E8484 #844E69 #84694E

monochromatic

#213737 #375E5E #4E8484 #69A6A6 #8FBDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8484

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8484	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)

#7E7F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.057 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a7',
    500: '#4e8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8484;
$custom-light: #83a8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.576,
    "c": 0.05748,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8484

secondary

#AA8484

accent

#6666C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8484

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →