#4E8372#4E8372

#4E8372 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.063 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8372
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 114)
HSL	hsl(161, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(161, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 13%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -21.88, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 22.19, 170.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0624 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.063 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2943, 19.0663, 18.8433)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8372 #834E5F

analogous

#4E8357 #4E8372 #4E7983

triadic

#4E8372 #724E83 #83724E

tetradic

#4E8372 #574E83 #834E5F #79834E

square

#4E8372 #574E83 #834E5F #79834E

split-complementary

#4E8372 #834E79 #83574E

monochromatic

#20362F #375D51 #4E8372 #69A692 #8FBCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4E8372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#4E8372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8372

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8372	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.063 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a79a',
    500: '#4e8372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8372;
$custom-light: #82a79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.755,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5676,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8372

secondary

#A98490

accent

#6683C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8372

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →