#4E8581#4E8581

#4E8581 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.059 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8581
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 129)
HSL	hsl(176, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, -19.18, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 19.51, 190.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.058 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.059 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4904, 19.9786, 23.8046)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8581 #854E52

analogous

#4E8566 #4E8581 #4E6E85

triadic

#4E8581 #814E85 #85814E

tetradic

#4E8581 #664E85 #854E52 #6E854E

square

#4E8581 #664E85 #854E52 #6E854E

split-complementary

#4E8581 #854E6E #85664E

monochromatic

#213836 #375E5C #4E8581 #69A7A3 #90BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#4E8581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#4E8581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8581

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8581	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.059 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a5',
    500: '#4e8581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8581;
$custom-light: #83a8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57744,
    "c": 0.05882,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8581

secondary

#AA8487

accent

#656CC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8581

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

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