#4E8178#4E8178

#4E8178 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.057 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8178
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(169, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 7%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, -19.37, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 19.37, 181.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.0569 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.057 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3810, 18.6753, 20.6126)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8178 #814E57

analogous

#4E815E #4E8178 #4E7081

triadic

#4E8178 #784E81 #81784E

tetradic

#4E8178 #5E4E81 #814E57 #70814E

square

#4E8178 #5E4E81 #814E57 #70814E

split-complementary

#4E8178 #814E70 #815E4E

monochromatic

#203531 #375B55 #4E8178 #68A499 #8EBBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4E8178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4E8178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8178

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8178	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.057 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a59e',
    500: '#4e8178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8178;
$custom-light: #82a59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56445,
    "c": 0.05694,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8178

secondary

#A8838A

accent

#6777C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8178

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

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