#4E8971#4E8971

#4E8971 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.073 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8971
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 113)
HSL	hsl(156, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(156, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -25.18, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 26.11, 164.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0706 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.073 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0670, 20.7022, 18.8216)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8971 #894E66

analogous

#4E8953 #4E8971 #4E8489

triadic

#4E8971 #714E89 #89714E

tetradic

#4E8971 #534E89 #894E66 #84894E

square

#4E8971 #534E89 #894E66 #84894E

split-complementary

#4E8971 #894E84 #89534E

monochromatic

#223B31 #386251 #4E8971 #6AAA90 #91C0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4E8971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4E8971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8971

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8971	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)

#878270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.073 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab99',
    500: '#4e8971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8971;
$custom-light: #83ab99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.593,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58251,
    "c": 0.07282,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8971

secondary

#AD8696

accent

#648BC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8971

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

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