#4E8074#4E8074

#4E8074 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.058 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8074
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 116)
HSL	hsl(166, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, -19.83, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 19.87, 176.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% -0.0574 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.058 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0123, 18.3181, 19.3170)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8074 #804E5A

analogous

#4E805B #4E8074 #4E7380

triadic

#4E8074 #744E80 #80744E

tetradic

#4E8074 #5B4E80 #804E5A #73804E

square

#4E8074 #5B4E80 #804E5A #73804E

split-complementary

#4E8074 #804E73 #805B4E

monochromatic

#20342F #375A52 #4E8074 #68A395 #8EBAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#4E8074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#4E8074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8074

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8074	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.058 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a59c',
    500: '#4e8074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8074;
$custom-light: #82a59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56066,
    "c": 0.05752,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8074

secondary

#A7838C

accent

#677DC1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8074

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

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