#4E8A80#4E8A80

#4E8A80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.065 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A80
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(170, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -22.06, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 22.07, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0648 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.065 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1251, 21.3540, 23.6899)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A80 #8A4E58

analogous

#4E8A62 #4E8A80 #4E768A

triadic

#4E8A80 #804E8A #8A804E

tetradic

#4E8A80 #624E8A #8A4E58 #768A4E

square

#4E8A80 #624E8A #8A4E58 #768A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A80 #8A4E76 #8A624E

monochromatic

#223C37 #38635C #4E8A80 #6AABA0 #91C1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#4E8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A80

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A80	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.065 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca4',
    500: '#4e8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a80;
$custom-light: #83aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58959,
    "c": 0.06486,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A80

secondary

#AE868D

accent

#6474C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A80

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

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