#4E8173#4E8173

#4E8173 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.060 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8173
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 115)
HSL	hsl(164, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(164, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 10.9%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, -20.60, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 20.72, 173.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% -0.0592 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.06 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0855, 18.5571, 19.0560)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8173 #814E5C

analogous

#4E8159 #4E8173 #4E7581

triadic

#4E8173 #734E81 #81734E

tetradic

#4E8173 #594E81 #814E5C #75814E

square

#4E8173 #594E81 #814E5C #75814E

split-complementary

#4E8173 #814E75 #81594E

monochromatic

#20352F #375B51 #4E8173 #68A494 #8EBBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#4E8173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#4E8173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8173

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8173	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)

#7E7B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.060 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a69b',
    500: '#4e8173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8173;
$custom-light: #82a69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.529,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56286,
    "c": 0.05951,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8173

secondary

#A8838D

accent

#6780C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8173

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

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