#4E8374#4E8374

#4E8374 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.062 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8374
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 116)
HSL	hsl(163, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, -21.40, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 21.56, 173.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0614 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.062 174)
XYZ	xyz(14.4094, 19.1123, 19.4494)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8374 #834E5D

analogous

#4E8359 #4E8374 #4E7783

triadic

#4E8374 #744E83 #83744E

tetradic

#4E8374 #594E83 #834E5D #77834E

square

#4E8374 #594E83 #834E5D #77834E

split-complementary

#4E8374 #834E77 #83594E

monochromatic

#203630 #375D52 #4E8374 #69A694 #8FBCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4E8374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4E8374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8374

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8374	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.062 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a79c',
    500: '#4e8374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8374;
$custom-light: #82a79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.019,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56821,
    "c": 0.06175,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.19113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8374

secondary

#A9848E

accent

#6680C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8374

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

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