#4E8586#4E8586

#4E8586 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.058 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8586
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 134)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, -17.86, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 18.92, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0557 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.058 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8309, 20.1148, 25.5980)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8586 #864F4E

analogous

#4E866B #4E8586 #4E6986

triadic

#4E8586 #864E85 #85864E

tetradic

#4E8586 #6B4E86 #864F4E #69864E

square

#4E8586 #6B4E86 #864F4E #69864E

split-complementary

#4E8586 #864E69 #866B4E

monochromatic

#213839 #375F5F #4E8586 #69A7A8 #90BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#4E8586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#4E8586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8586

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8586	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#7E8086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.058 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a9',
    500: '#4e8586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8586;
$custom-light: #83a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57919,
    "c": 0.05833,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8586

secondary

#AB8685

accent

#6765C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8586

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

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