#4E8079#4E8079

#4E8079 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.055 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8079
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 121)
HSL	hsl(172, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, -18.58, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 18.64, 184.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% -0.0551 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.055 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3110, 18.4376, 20.8902)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8079 #804E55

analogous

#4E8060 #4E8079 #4E6E80

triadic

#4E8079 #794E80 #80794E

tetradic

#4E8079 #604E80 #804E55 #6E804E

square

#4E8079 #604E80 #804E55 #6E804E

split-complementary

#4E8079 #804E6E #80604E

monochromatic

#203431 #375A55 #4E8079 #68A39B #8EBAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4E8079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4E8079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8079

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8079	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73747A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.055 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a59f',
    500: '#4e8079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8079;
$custom-light: #82a59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56228,
    "c": 0.05529,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8079

secondary

#A78388

accent

#6774C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8079

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

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