#4E8974#4E8974

#4E8974 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.070 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8974
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(159, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, -24.48, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 25.05, 167.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0692 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.071 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2387, 20.7709, 19.7258)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8974 #894E63

analogous

#4E8957 #4E8974 #4E8189

triadic

#4E8974 #744E89 #89744E

tetradic

#4E8974 #574E89 #894E63 #81894E

square

#4E8974 #574E89 #894E63 #81894E

split-complementary

#4E8974 #894E81 #89574E

monochromatic

#223B32 #386253 #4E8974 #6AAA93 #91C0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4E8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8974

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8974	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.070 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9c',
    500: '#4e8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8974;
$custom-light: #83ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.644,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58337,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8974

secondary

#AD8694

accent

#6486C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8974

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

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