#4E877E#4E877E

#4E877E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.062 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E877E
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 0%, 6.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -21.01, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 21.03, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0619 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.062 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5703, 20.4529, 22.8619)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E877E #874E57

analogous

#4E8762 #4E877E #4E7487

triadic

#4E877E #7E4E87 #877E4E

tetradic

#4E877E #624E87 #874E57 #74874E

square

#4E877E #624E87 #874E57 #74874E

split-complementary

#4E877E #874E74 #87624E

monochromatic

#213936 #38605A #4E877E #6AA99F #90BFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E877E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E877E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E877E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E877E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E877E	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e877e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.062 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aaa3',
    500: '#4e877e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e877e;
$custom-light: #83aaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e877e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58143,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E877E

secondary

#AC858B

accent

#6574C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E877E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →