#4E8A7B#4E8A7B

#4E8A7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.067 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A7B
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 123)
HSL	hsl(165, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -23.31, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 23.39, 175.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0671 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.067 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8041, 21.2256, 21.9992)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A7B #8A4E5D

analogous

#4E8A5D #4E8A7B #4E7B8A

triadic

#4E8A7B #7B4E8A #8A7B4E

tetradic

#4E8A7B #5D4E8A #8A4E5D #7B8A4E

square

#4E8A7B #5D4E8A #8A4E5D #7B8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A7B #8A4E7B #8A5D4E

monochromatic

#223C35 #386358 #4E8A7B #6AAB9B #91C1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E8A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4E8A7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A7B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A7B	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86837A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.067 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca1',
    500: '#4e8a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a7b;
$custom-light: #83aca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.588,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A7B

secondary

#AE8690

accent

#647CC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A7B

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

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