#4E8772#4E8772

#4E8772 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.069 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8772
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(158, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 0%, 15.6%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -23.94, 5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 24.55, 167.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0676 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.069 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8419, 20.1615, 19.0258)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8772 #874E63

analogous

#4E8756 #4E8772 #4E8087

triadic

#4E8772 #724E87 #87724E

tetradic

#4E8772 #564E87 #874E63 #80874E

square

#4E8772 #564E87 #874E63 #80874E

split-complementary

#4E8772 #874E80 #87564E

monochromatic

#213930 #386051 #4E8772 #6AA991 #90BFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#4E8772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#4E8772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8772

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8772	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.069 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aa9a',
    500: '#4e8772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8772;
$custom-light: #82aa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57772,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8772

secondary

#AC8593

accent

#6587C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8772

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

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