#4E8972#4E8972

#4E8972 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.072 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8972
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(157, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(157, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 16.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -24.95, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 25.75, 165.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0701 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.072 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1236, 20.7249, 19.1197)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8972 #894E65

analogous

#4E8954 #4E8972 #4E8389

triadic

#4E8972 #724E89 #89724E

tetradic

#4E8972 #544E89 #894E65 #83894E

square

#4E8972 #544E89 #894E65 #83894E

split-complementary

#4E8972 #894E83 #89544E

monochromatic

#223B31 #386252 #4E8972 #6AAA91 #91C0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8972

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8972	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.072 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9a',
    500: '#4e8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8972;
$custom-light: #83ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.61,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58279,
    "c": 0.07202,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8972

secondary

#AD8695

accent

#6489C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8972

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

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