#4D8E79#4D8E79

#4D8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.075 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8E79
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 30%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 46%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -26.09, 4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 26.52, 169.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0739 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.075 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1833, 22.3030, 21.5376)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8E79 #8E4D62

analogous

#4D8E58 #4D8E79 #4D828E

triadic

#4D8E79 #794D8E #8E794D

tetradic

#4D8E79 #584D8E #8E4D62 #828E4D

square

#4D8E79 #584D8E #8E4D62 #828E4D

split-complementary

#4D8E79 #8E4D82 #8E584D

monochromatic

#223F35 #376657 #4D8E79 #6AAE98 #92C4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4D8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4D8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8E79

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8E79	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.075 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83af9f',
    500: '#4d8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8e79;
$custom-light: #83af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.615,
    "s": 29.68,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59701,
    "c": 0.07494,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8E79

secondary

#B08794

accent

#6282C6

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8E79

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

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