#4E856B#4E856B

#4E856B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.072 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E856B
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(152, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(152, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 19.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -24.52, 8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 25.91, 161.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0683 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.072 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1822, 19.4554, 16.9150)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E856B #854E68

analogous

#4E8550 #4E856B #4E8485

triadic

#4E856B #6B4E85 #856B4E

tetradic

#4E856B #504E85 #854E68 #84854E

square

#4E856B #504E85 #854E68 #84854E

split-complementary

#4E856B #854E84 #85504E

monochromatic

#21382D #375E4C #4E856B #69A78A #90BEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#4E856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#4E856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E856B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E856B	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837E6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.072 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a995',
    500: '#4e856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e856b;
$custom-light: #82a995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.636,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57065,
    "c": 0.07164,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E856B

secondary

#AA8496

accent

#6591C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F1

border

#CACECB

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E856B

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

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