#4E8A73#4E8A73

#4E8A73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.073 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A73
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(157, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(157, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -25.22, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 25.99, 166.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0709 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.073 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3236, 21.0334, 19.4687)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A73 #8A4E65

analogous

#4E8A55 #4E8A73 #4E838A

triadic

#4E8A73 #734E8A #8A734E

tetradic

#4E8A73 #554E8A #8A4E65 #838A4E

square

#4E8A73 #554E8A #8A4E65 #838A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A73 #8A4E83 #8A554E

monochromatic

#223C32 #386352 #4E8A73 #6AAB92 #91C1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#4E8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A73

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A73	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.073 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac9b',
    500: '#4e8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a73;
$custom-light: #83ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58562,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A73

secondary

#AE8695

accent

#6489C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A73

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

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