#4E8879#4E8879

#4E8879 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.066 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8879
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 43%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 11%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, -22.77, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 22.87, 174.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0655 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.066 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3959, 20.6074, 21.2518)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8879 #884E5D

analogous

#4E885C #4E8879 #4E7A88

triadic

#4E8879 #794E88 #88794E

tetradic

#4E8879 #5C4E88 #884E5D #7A884E

square

#4E8879 #5C4E88 #884E5D #7A884E

split-complementary

#4E8879 #884E7A #885C4E

monochromatic

#213A34 #386156 #4E8879 #6AA999 #91C0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#4E8879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#4E8879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8879

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8879	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.066 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9f',
    500: '#4e8879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8879;
$custom-light: #83ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.483,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8879

secondary

#AC8690

accent

#647DC3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8879

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

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