#4E8479#4E8479

#4E8479 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.060 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8479
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(168, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, -20.70, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 20.70, 179.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0604 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.06 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8430, 19.5017, 21.0675)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8479 #844E59

analogous

#4E845E #4E8479 #4E7484

triadic

#4E8479 #794E84 #84794E

tetradic

#4E8479 #5E4E84 #844E59 #74844E

square

#4E8479 #5E4E84 #844E59 #74844E

split-complementary

#4E8479 #844E74 #845E4E

monochromatic

#213732 #375E56 #4E8479 #69A69A #8FBDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#4E8479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4E8479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8479

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8479	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.060 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a89f',
    500: '#4e8479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8479;
$custom-light: #82a89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5723,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8479

secondary

#AA848C

accent

#6679C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8479

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

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