#4E8975#4E8975

#4E8975 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.070 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8975
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 117)
HSL	hsl(160, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(160, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -24.25, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 24.71, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0687 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.07 170)
XYZ	xyz(15.2972, 20.7943, 20.0338)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8975 #894E62

analogous

#4E8958 #4E8975 #4E8089

triadic

#4E8975 #754E89 #89754E

tetradic

#4E8975 #584E89 #894E62 #80894E

square

#4E8975 #584E89 #894E62 #80894E

split-complementary

#4E8975 #894E80 #89584E

monochromatic

#223B32 #386254 #4E8975 #6AAA94 #91C0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4E8975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#4E8975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8975

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8975	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.070 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9c',
    500: '#4e8975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8975;
$custom-light: #83ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.661,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58367,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8975

secondary

#AD8693

accent

#6484C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8975

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →