#4E8487#4E8487

#4E8487 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.058 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8487
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 135)
HSL	hsl(183, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, -17.05, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 18.53, 203.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.054 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.058 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7647, 19.8703, 25.9216)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8487 #87514E

analogous

#4E876E #4E8487 #4E6887

triadic

#4E8487 #874E84 #84874E

tetradic

#4E8487 #6E4E87 #87514E #68874E

square

#4E8487 #6E4E87 #87514E #68874E

split-complementary

#4E8487 #874E68 #876E4E

monochromatic

#213839 #385E60 #4E8487 #6AA5A9 #90BDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#4E8487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#4E8487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8487

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8487	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#7D8087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.058 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a9',
    500: '#4e8487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8487;
$custom-light: #83a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57708,
    "c": 0.05757,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8487

secondary

#AC8785

accent

#6A65C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8487

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

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