#4E8978#4E8978

#4E8978 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.068 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8978
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 12.4%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -23.53, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 23.74, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0673 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.068 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4764, 20.8660, 20.9777)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8978 #894E5F

analogous

#4E895B #4E8978 #4E7D89

triadic

#4E8978 #784E89 #89784E

tetradic

#4E8978 #5B4E89 #894E5F #7D894E

square

#4E8978 #5B4E89 #894E5F #7D894E

split-complementary

#4E8978 #894E7D #895B4E

monochromatic

#223B34 #386256 #4E8978 #6AAA98 #91C0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8978

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8978	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)

#858277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.068 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9f',
    500: '#4e8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8978;
$custom-light: #83ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58456,
    "c": 0.06775,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8978

secondary

#AD8691

accent

#6480C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8978

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

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