#4E8A83#4E8A83

#4E8A83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.064 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A83
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(173, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -21.29, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 21.42, 186.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0634 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.064 186)
XYZ	xyz(16.3255, 21.4341, 24.7452)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A83 #8A4E55

analogous

#4E8A65 #4E8A83 #4E738A

triadic

#4E8A83 #834E8A #8A834E

tetradic

#4E8A83 #654E8A #8A4E55 #738A4E

square

#4E8A83 #654E8A #8A4E55 #738A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A83 #8A4E73 #8A654E

monochromatic

#223C39 #38635E #4E8A83 #6AABA3 #91C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E8A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#4E8A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A83

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A83	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.064 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca7',
    500: '#4e8a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a83;
$custom-light: #83aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59057,
    "c": 0.06379,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.21435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A83

secondary

#AE868B

accent

#646FC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A83

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

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