#4E856C#4E856C

#4E856C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.071 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E856C
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(153, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(153, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, -24.30, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 25.53, 162.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0678 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.071 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2351, 19.4765, 17.1937)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E856C #854E67

analogous

#4E8551 #4E856C #4E8385

triadic

#4E856C #6C4E85 #856C4E

tetradic

#4E856C #514E85 #854E67 #83854E

square

#4E856C #514E85 #854E67 #83854E

split-complementary

#4E856C #854E83 #85514E

monochromatic

#21382D #375E4D #4E856C #69A78B #90BEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#4E856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4E856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E856C

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E856C	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)

#837E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.071 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a996',
    500: '#4e856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e856c;
$custom-light: #82a996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.727,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57093,
    "c": 0.07077,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E856C

secondary

#AA8496

accent

#6590C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F1

border

#CACECB

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E856C

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

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