#4E8685#4E8685

#4E8685 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.059 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8685
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 133)
HSL	hsl(179, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -18.66, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 19.39, 195.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0574 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.059 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8990, 20.3622, 25.2782)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8685 #864E4F

analogous

#4E8669 #4E8685 #4E6B86

triadic

#4E8685 #854E86 #86854E

tetradic

#4E8685 #694E86 #864E4F #6B864E

square

#4E8685 #694E86 #864E4F #6B864E

split-complementary

#4E8685 #864E6B #86694E

monochromatic

#213938 #375F5F #4E8685 #69A8A7 #90BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E8685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E8685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8685

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8685	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.059 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a9a8',
    500: '#4e8685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8685;
$custom-light: #83a9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.05925,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8685

secondary

#AB8586

accent

#6567C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8685

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

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