#4E8A75#4E8A75

#4E8A75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.071 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A75
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(159, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 15.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -24.75, 5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 25.29, 168.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.07 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.071 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4400, 21.0799, 20.0814)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A75 #8A4E63

analogous

#4E8A57 #4E8A75 #4E818A

triadic

#4E8A75 #754E8A #8A754E

tetradic

#4E8A75 #574E8A #8A4E63 #818A4E

square

#4E8A75 #574E8A #8A4E63 #818A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A75 #8A4E81 #8A574E

monochromatic

#223C33 #386354 #4E8A75 #6AAB94 #91C1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E8A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#4E8A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A75

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A75	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.071 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac9c',
    500: '#4e8a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a75;
$custom-light: #83ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5862,
    "c": 0.07124,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A75

secondary

#AE8694

accent

#6485C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A75

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

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