#4E8587#4E8587

#4E8587 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.058 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8587
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 135)
HSL	hsl(182, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -17.59, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 18.86, 201.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0553 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.058 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9009, 20.1429, 25.9670)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8587 #87504E

analogous

#4E876D #4E8587 #4E6987

triadic

#4E8587 #874E85 #85874E

tetradic

#4E8587 #6D4E87 #87504E #69874E

square

#4E8587 #6D4E87 #87504E #69874E

split-complementary

#4E8587 #874E69 #876D4E

monochromatic

#213939 #385F60 #4E8587 #6AA6A9 #90BDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#4E8587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#4E8587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8587

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8587	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.058 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8a9',
    500: '#4e8587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8587;
$custom-light: #83a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57955,
    "c": 0.05836,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8587

secondary

#AC8785

accent

#6865C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8587

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

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