#4E856F#4E856F

#4E856F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.068 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E856F
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(156, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(156, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 16.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -23.62, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 24.41, 165.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.0664 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.068 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3975, 19.5415, 18.0491)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E856F #854E64

analogous

#4E8554 #4E856F #4E8085

triadic

#4E856F #6F4E85 #856F4E

tetradic

#4E856F #544E85 #854E64 #80854E

square

#4E856F #544E85 #854E64 #80854E

split-complementary

#4E856F #854E80 #85544E

monochromatic

#21382F #375E4F #4E856F #69A78E #90BEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4E856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E856F

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E856F	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.068 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a998',
    500: '#4e856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e856f;
$custom-light: #82a998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57178,
    "c": 0.06828,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E856F

secondary

#AA8494

accent

#658BC2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E856F

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

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