#4E8472#4E8472

#4E8472 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.065 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8472
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 114)
HSL	hsl(160, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(160, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, -22.40, 4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 22.77, 169.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.0637 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.065 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4292, 19.3362, 18.8882)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8472 #844E60

analogous

#4E8457 #4E8472 #4E7B84

triadic

#4E8472 #724E84 #84724E

tetradic

#4E8472 #574E84 #844E60 #7B844E

square

#4E8472 #574E84 #844E60 #7B844E

split-complementary

#4E8472 #844E7B #84574E

monochromatic

#213730 #375E51 #4E8472 #69A692 #8FBDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4E8472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4E8472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8472

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8472	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.065 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a89a',
    500: '#4e8472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8472;
$custom-light: #82a89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57013,
    "c": 0.06453,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8472

secondary

#AA8491

accent

#6684C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8472

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

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