#4E8580#4E8580

#4E8580 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.059 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8580
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 128)
HSL	hsl(175, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(175, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -19.44, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 19.68, 188.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0584 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.059 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4242, 19.9522, 23.4563)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8580 #854E53

analogous

#4E8565 #4E8580 #4E6F85

triadic

#4E8580 #804E85 #85804E

tetradic

#4E8580 #654E85 #854E53 #6F854E

square

#4E8580 #654E85 #854E53 #6F854E

split-complementary

#4E8580 #854E6F #85654E

monochromatic

#213836 #375E5B #4E8580 #69A7A1 #90BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#4E8580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#4E8580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8580

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8580	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.059 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a4',
    500: '#4e8580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8580;
$custom-light: #83a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5771,
    "c": 0.05904,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8580

secondary

#AA8488

accent

#656EC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8580

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

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