#4E856E#4E856E

#4E856E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.069 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E856E
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(155, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(155, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 17.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -23.85, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 24.78, 164.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0669 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.069 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3428, 19.5196, 17.7607)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E856E #854E65

analogous

#4E8553 #4E856E #4E8185

triadic

#4E856E #6E4E85 #856E4E

tetradic

#4E856E #534E85 #854E65 #81854E

square

#4E856E #534E85 #854E65 #81854E

split-complementary

#4E856E #854E81 #85534E

monochromatic

#21382E #375E4E #4E856E #69A78D #90BEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4E856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E856E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E856E	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#837E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.069 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a997',
    500: '#4e856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e856e;
$custom-light: #82a997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.909,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5715,
    "c": 0.06909,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E856E

secondary

#AA8494

accent

#658CC2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E856E

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

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