#4E8A79#4E8A79

#4E8A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.069 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A79
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -23.80, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 23.99, 172.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0681 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.069 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6802, 21.1760, 21.3466)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A79 #8A4E5F

analogous

#4E8A5B #4E8A79 #4E7D8A

triadic

#4E8A79 #794E8A #8A794E

tetradic

#4E8A79 #5B4E8A #8A4E5F #7D8A4E

square

#4E8A79 #5B4E8A #8A4E5F #7D8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A79 #8A4E7D #8A5B4E

monochromatic

#223C34 #386357 #4E8A79 #6AAB99 #91C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4E8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#4E8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A79

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A79	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.069 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac9f',
    500: '#4e8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a79;
$custom-light: #83ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58739,
    "c": 0.06853,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A79

secondary

#AE8691

accent

#647FC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A79

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

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