#4E8970#4E8970

#4E8970 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.074 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8970
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 112)
HSL	hsl(155, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(155, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 18.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -25.41, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 26.48, 163.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0711 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.074 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0110, 20.6798, 18.5267)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8970 #894E67

analogous

#4E8952 #4E8970 #4E8589

triadic

#4E8970 #704E89 #89704E

tetradic

#4E8970 #524E89 #894E67 #85894E

square

#4E8970 #524E89 #894E67 #85894E

split-complementary

#4E8970 #894E85 #89524E

monochromatic

#223B30 #386250 #4E8970 #6AAA8F #91C0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4E8970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4E8970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8970

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8970	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87826F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.074 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab99',
    500: '#4e8970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8970;
$custom-light: #83ab99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.576,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58223,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8970

secondary

#AD8696

accent

#648DC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8970

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

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