#4E8585#4E8585

#4E8585 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.058 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8585
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 133)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -18.13, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 19.01, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0562 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.058 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7615, 20.0871, 25.2324)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8585 #854E4E

analogous

#4E856A #4E8585 #4E6A85

triadic

#4E8585 #854E85 #85854E

tetradic

#4E8585 #6A4E85 #854E4E #6A854E

square

#4E8585 #6A4E85 #854E4E #6A854E

split-complementary

#4E8585 #854E6A #856A4E

monochromatic

#213838 #375E5E #4E8585 #69A7A7 #90BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4E8585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#4E8585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8585

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8585	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.058 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a8',
    500: '#4e8585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8585;
$custom-light: #83a8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57883,
    "c": 0.05835,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8585

secondary

#AA8484

accent

#6565C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8585

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

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