#4E8172#4E8172

#4E8172 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.060 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8172
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 114)
HSL	hsl(162, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(162, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, -20.84, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 21.02, 172.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% -0.0597 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.06 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0283, 18.5342, 18.7546)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8172 #814E5D

analogous

#4E8158 #4E8172 #4E7681

triadic

#4E8172 #724E81 #81724E

tetradic

#4E8172 #584E81 #814E5D #76814E

square

#4E8172 #584E81 #814E5D #76814E

split-complementary

#4E8172 #814E76 #81584E

monochromatic

#20352F #375B50 #4E8172 #68A492 #8EBBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#4E8172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#4E8172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8172

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8172	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.060 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a69a',
    500: '#4e8172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8172;
$custom-light: #82a69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56255,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8172

secondary

#A8838E

accent

#6781C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8172

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

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