#4E8583#4E8583

#4E8583 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.058 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8583
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 131)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -18.66, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 19.23, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0571 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.058 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6246, 20.0323, 24.5116)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8583 #854E50

analogous

#4E8568 #4E8583 #4E6C85

triadic

#4E8583 #834E85 #85834E

tetradic

#4E8583 #684E85 #854E50 #6C854E

square

#4E8583 #684E85 #854E50 #6C854E

split-complementary

#4E8583 #854E6C #85684E

monochromatic

#213837 #375E5D #4E8583 #69A7A5 #90BEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4E8583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#4E8583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8583

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8583	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.058 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a7',
    500: '#4e8583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8583;
$custom-light: #83a8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57813,
    "c": 0.05849,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8583

secondary

#AA8486

accent

#6569C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8583

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

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