#4E8A7C#4E8A7C

#4E8A7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.067 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A7C
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 124)
HSL	hsl(166, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -23.06, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 23.11, 176.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0667 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.067 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8670, 21.2507, 22.3306)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A7C #8A4E5C

analogous

#4E8A5E #4E8A7C #4E7A8A

triadic

#4E8A7C #7C4E8A #8A7C4E

tetradic

#4E8A7C #5E4E8A #8A4E5C #7A8A4E

square

#4E8A7C #5E4E8A #8A4E5C #7A8A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A7C #8A4E7A #8A5E4E

monochromatic

#223C36 #386359 #4E8A7C #6AAB9C #91C1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E8A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4E8A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A7C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A7C	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)

#86837B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.067 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca1',
    500: '#4e8a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a7c;
$custom-light: #83aca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58831,
    "c": 0.06678,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A7C

secondary

#AE868F

accent

#647AC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A7C

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

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