#4E8470#4E8470

#4E8470 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.066 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8470
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 112)
HSL	hsl(158, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(158, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 15.2%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, -22.87, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 23.45, 167.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.0646 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.066 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3166, 19.2911, 18.2953)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8470 #844E62

analogous

#4E8455 #4E8470 #4E7D84

triadic

#4E8470 #704E84 #84704E

tetradic

#4E8470 #554E84 #844E62 #7D844E

square

#4E8470 #554E84 #844E62 #7D844E

split-complementary

#4E8470 #844E7D #84554E

monochromatic

#21372F #375E4F #4E8470 #69A690 #8FBDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4E8470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#4E8470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8470

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8470	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.066 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a899',
    500: '#4e8470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8470;
$custom-light: #82a899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56954,
    "c": 0.06599,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8470

secondary

#AA8492

accent

#6688C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8470

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

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