#4E8780#4E8780

#4E8780 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.061 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8780
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -20.50, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 20.61, 185.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.061 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.061 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7006, 20.5050, 23.5484)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8780 #874E55

analogous

#4E8764 #4E8780 #4E7287

triadic

#4E8780 #804E87 #87804E

tetradic

#4E8780 #644E87 #874E55 #72874E

square

#4E8780 #644E87 #874E55 #72874E

split-complementary

#4E8780 #874E72 #87644E

monochromatic

#213936 #38605B #4E8780 #6AA9A1 #90BFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E8780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E8780 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8780

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8780	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.061 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aaa4',
    500: '#4e8780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8780;
$custom-light: #83aaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58209,
    "c": 0.0613,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8780

secondary

#AC858A

accent

#6570C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8780

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

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