#4E8873#4E8873

#4E8873 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.070 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8873
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 115)
HSL	hsl(158, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(158, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 15.4%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, -24.21, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 24.80, 167.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0684 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.07 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0393, 20.4648, 19.3739)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8873 #884E63

analogous

#4E8856 #4E8873 #4E8088

triadic

#4E8873 #734E88 #88734E

tetradic

#4E8873 #564E88 #884E63 #80884E

square

#4E8873 #564E88 #884E63 #80884E

split-complementary

#4E8873 #884E80 #88564E

monochromatic

#213A31 #386152 #4E8873 #6AA992 #91C0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E8873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E8873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8873

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8873	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#858172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.070 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9b',
    500: '#4e8873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8873;
$custom-light: #83ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.276,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58055,
    "c": 0.06975,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8873

secondary

#AC8694

accent

#6487C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8873

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

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