#4E8779#4E8779

#4E8779 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.064 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8779
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 0%, 10.4%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -22.26, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 22.32, 175.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0642 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.064 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2557, 20.3270, 21.2051)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8779 #874E5C

analogous

#4E875D #4E8779 #4E7987

triadic

#4E8779 #794E87 #87794E

tetradic

#4E8779 #5D4E87 #874E5C #79874E

square

#4E8779 #5D4E87 #874E5C #79874E

split-complementary

#4E8779 #874E79 #875D4E

monochromatic

#213933 #386056 #4E8779 #6AA999 #90BFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E8779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E8779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8779

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8779	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.064 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aa9f',
    500: '#4e8779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8779;
$custom-light: #83aa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57984,
    "c": 0.06438,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8779

secondary

#AC858F

accent

#657CC3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8779

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

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