#4E8A78#4E8A78

#4E8A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.069 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A78
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -24.04, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 24.30, 171.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0686 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.069 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6192, 21.1516, 21.0253)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A78 #8A4E60

analogous

#4E8A5A #4E8A78 #4E7E8A

triadic

#4E8A78 #784E8A #8A784E

tetradic

#4E8A78 #5A4E8A #8A4E60 #7E8A4E

square

#4E8A78 #5A4E8A #8A4E60 #7E8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A78 #8A4E7E #8A5A4E

monochromatic

#223C34 #386356 #4E8A78 #6AAB98 #91C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4E8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A78

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A78	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#878377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.069 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac9f',
    500: '#4e8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a78;
$custom-light: #83ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.06917,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A78

secondary

#AE8692

accent

#6481C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A78

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