#4E8A82#4E8A82

#4E8A82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.064 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A82
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(172, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -21.55, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 21.63, 184.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0639 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.064 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2581, 21.4071, 24.3900)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A82 #8A4E56

analogous

#4E8A64 #4E8A82 #4E748A

triadic

#4E8A82 #824E8A #8A824E

tetradic

#4E8A82 #644E8A #8A4E56 #748A4E

square

#4E8A82 #644E8A #8A4E56 #748A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A82 #8A4E74 #8A644E

monochromatic

#223C38 #38635D #4E8A82 #6AABA2 #91C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E8A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E8A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A82

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A82	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.064 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca6',
    500: '#4e8a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a82;
$custom-light: #83aca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59024,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A82

secondary

#AE868B

accent

#6471C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A82

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

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