#4E8977#4E8977

#4E8977 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.068 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8977
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(162, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 13.1%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -23.77, 3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 24.05, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0678 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.068 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4160, 20.8418, 20.6597)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8977 #894E60

analogous

#4E895A #4E8977 #4E7E89

triadic

#4E8977 #774E89 #89774E

tetradic

#4E8977 #5A4E89 #894E60 #7E894E

square

#4E8977 #5A4E89 #894E60 #7E894E

split-complementary

#4E8977 #894E7E #895A4E

monochromatic

#223B33 #386255 #4E8977 #6AAA97 #91C0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E8977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E8977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8977

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8977	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.068 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9e',
    500: '#4e8977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8977;
$custom-light: #83ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.695,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8977

secondary

#AD8692

accent

#6481C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8977

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

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