#4E8486#4E8486

#4E8486 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.057 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8486
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(182, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -17.32, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 18.58, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0544 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.057 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6946, 19.8423, 25.5526)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8486 #86504E

analogous

#4E866C #4E8486 #4E6886

triadic

#4E8486 #864E84 #84864E

tetradic

#4E8486 #6C4E86 #86504E #68864E

square

#4E8486 #6C4E86 #86504E #68864E

split-complementary

#4E8486 #864E68 #866C4E

monochromatic

#213839 #375E5F #4E8486 #69A6A8 #90BDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#4E8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#4E8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8486

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8486	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.057 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a9',
    500: '#4e8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8486;
$custom-light: #83a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57672,
    "c": 0.05749,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8486

secondary

#AB8685

accent

#6865C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8486

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

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