#4E8A72#4E8A72

#4E8A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.074 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A72
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(156, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(156, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -25.45, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 26.35, 165.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0714 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.074 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2664, 21.0105, 19.1673)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A72 #8A4E66

analogous

#4E8A54 #4E8A72 #4E848A

triadic

#4E8A72 #724E8A #8A724E

tetradic

#4E8A72 #544E8A #8A4E66 #848A4E

square

#4E8A72 #544E8A #8A4E66 #848A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A72 #8A4E84 #8A544E

monochromatic

#223C31 #386352 #4E8A72 #6AAB91 #91C1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4E8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#4E8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A72

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A72	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.074 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac9a',
    500: '#4e8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a72;
$custom-light: #83ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58533,
    "c": 0.07354,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A72

secondary

#AE8696

accent

#648AC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A72

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

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