#4E8070#4E8070

#4E8070 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.060 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8070
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 112)
HSL	hsl(161, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(161, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 0%, 12.5%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, -20.80, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 21.07, 170.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% -0.0593 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.06 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7846, 18.2270, 18.1179)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8070 #804E5E

analogous

#4E8057 #4E8070 #4E7780

triadic

#4E8070 #704E80 #80704E

tetradic

#4E8070 #574E80 #804E5E #77804E

square

#4E8070 #574E80 #804E5E #77804E

split-complementary

#4E8070 #804E77 #80574E

monochromatic

#20342D #375A4F #4E8070 #68A390 #8EBAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#4E8070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#4E8070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8070

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8070	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.060 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a599',
    500: '#4e8070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8070;
$custom-light: #82a599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55941,
    "c": 0.05997,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8070

secondary

#A7838E

accent

#6784C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A0F0D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8070

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →