#4E8979#4E8979

#4E8979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.067 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8979
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -23.29, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 23.43, 173.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0668 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.067 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5374, 20.8904, 21.2990)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8979 #894E5E

analogous

#4E895C #4E8979 #4E7C89

triadic

#4E8979 #794E89 #89794E

tetradic

#4E8979 #5C4E89 #894E5E #7C894E

square

#4E8979 #5C4E89 #894E5E #7C894E

split-complementary

#4E8979 #894E7C #895C4E

monochromatic

#223B34 #386257 #4E8979 #6AAA99 #91C0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#4E8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8979

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8979	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.067 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ab9f',
    500: '#4e8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8979;
$custom-light: #83ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.729,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58487,
    "c": 0.06713,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8979

secondary

#AD8690

accent

#647EC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8979

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

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