#4E8A77#4E8A77

#4E8A77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.070 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A77
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 119)
HSL	hsl(161, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -24.28, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 24.62, 170.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.069 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.07 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5588, 21.1274, 20.7073)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A77 #8A4E61

analogous

#4E8A59 #4E8A77 #4E7F8A

triadic

#4E8A77 #774E8A #8A774E

tetradic

#4E8A77 #594E8A #8A4E61 #7F8A4E

square

#4E8A77 #594E8A #8A4E61 #7F8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A77 #8A4E7F #8A594E

monochromatic

#223C34 #386355 #4E8A77 #6AAB96 #91C1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E8A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E8A77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A77

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A77	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.070 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac9e',
    500: '#4e8a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a77;
$custom-light: #83ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58679,
    "c": 0.06983,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A77

secondary

#AE8693

accent

#6482C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A77

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

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