#4E8874#4E8874

#4E8874 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.069 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8874
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 116)
HSL	hsl(159, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -23.98, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 24.46, 168.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0679 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.069 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0972, 20.4879, 19.6786)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8874 #884E62

analogous

#4E8857 #4E8874 #4E7F88

triadic

#4E8874 #744E88 #88744E

tetradic

#4E8874 #574E88 #884E62 #7F884E

square

#4E8874 #574E88 #884E62 #7F884E

split-complementary

#4E8874 #884E7F #88574E

monochromatic

#213A32 #386153 #4E8874 #6AA993 #91C0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E8874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E8874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8874

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8874	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)

#858173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.069 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9c',
    500: '#4e8874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8874;
$custom-light: #83ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58084,
    "c": 0.06902,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8874

secondary

#AC8693

accent

#6485C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8874

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

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