#4E8273#4E8273

#4E8273 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.061 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8273
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 115)
HSL	hsl(163, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 11.5%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, -21.12, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 21.29, 172.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.0606 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.061 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2179, 18.8218, 19.1001)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8273 #824E5D

analogous

#4E8259 #4E8273 #4E7782

triadic

#4E8273 #734E82 #82734E

tetradic

#4E8273 #594E82 #824E5D #77824E

square

#4E8273 #594E82 #824E5D #77824E

split-complementary

#4E8273 #824E77 #82594E

monochromatic

#20352F #375C51 #4E8273 #68A593 #8FBCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4E8273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#4E8273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8273

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8273	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.061 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a69b',
    500: '#4e8273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8273;
$custom-light: #82a69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.692,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56538,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8273

secondary

#A8848E

accent

#6681C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8273

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

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