#4E8B80#4E8B80

#4E8B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.066 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B80
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(169, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -22.58, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 22.58, 180.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0661 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.066 181)
XYZ	xyz(16.2692, 21.6422, 23.7379)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B80 #8B4E59

analogous

#4E8B61 #4E8B80 #4E788B

triadic

#4E8B80 #804E8B #8B804E

tetradic

#4E8B80 #614E8B #8B4E59 #788B4E

square

#4E8B80 #614E8B #8B4E59 #788B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B80 #8B4E78 #8B614E

monochromatic

#223D38 #38645C #4E8B80 #6BACA0 #92C2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E8B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E8B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B80

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B80	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.066 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ada4',
    500: '#4e8b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b80;
$custom-light: #83ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59209,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.21643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B80

secondary

#AE878E

accent

#6375C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B80

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

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