#4E8686#4E8686

#4E8686 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.059 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8686
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -18.39, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 19.29, 197.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.057 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.059 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9684, 20.3899, 25.6438)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8686 #864E4E

analogous

#4E866A #4E8686 #4E6A86

triadic

#4E8686 #864E86 #86864E

tetradic

#4E8686 #6A4E86 #864E4E #6A864E

square

#4E8686 #6A4E86 #864E4E #6A864E

split-complementary

#4E8686 #864E6A #866A4E

monochromatic

#213939 #375F5F #4E8686 #69A8A8 #90BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#4E8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8686

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8686	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.059 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a9a9',
    500: '#4e8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8686;
$custom-light: #83a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58166,
    "c": 0.0592,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8686

secondary

#AB8585

accent

#6565C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8686

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

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