#4E8973#4E8973

#4E8973 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.071 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8973
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(158, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(158, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 16.1%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -24.72, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 25.39, 166.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0697 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.071 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1808, 20.7478, 19.4211)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8973 #894E64

analogous

#4E8956 #4E8973 #4E8289

triadic

#4E8973 #734E89 #89734E

tetradic

#4E8973 #564E89 #894E64 #82894E

square

#4E8973 #564E89 #894E64 #82894E

split-complementary

#4E8973 #894E82 #89564E

monochromatic

#223B32 #386252 #4E8973 #6AAA92 #91C0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8973

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8973	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)

#868272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.071 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9b',
    500: '#4e8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8973;
$custom-light: #83ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.627,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8973

secondary

#AD8694

accent

#6488C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8973

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

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