#4E8488#4E8488

#4E8488 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.058 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8488
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(184, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, -16.78, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 18.50, 204.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0536 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.058 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8354, 19.8986, 26.2941)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8488 #88524E

analogous

#4E886F #4E8488 #4E6788

triadic

#4E8488 #884E84 #84884E

tetradic

#4E8488 #6F4E88 #88524E #67884E

square

#4E8488 #6F4E88 #88524E #67884E

split-complementary

#4E8488 #884E67 #886F4E

monochromatic

#21393A #385E61 #4E8488 #6AA5A9 #91BCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#4E8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#4E8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8488

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8488	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.058 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8aa',
    500: '#4e8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8488;
$custom-light: #83a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57744,
    "c": 0.05769,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8488

secondary

#AC8886

accent

#6B64C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8488

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

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