#4E8A7D#4E8A7D

#4E8A7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.066 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A7D
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(167, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -22.82, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 22.83, 177.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0662 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.066 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9306, 21.2762, 22.6653)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A7D #8A4E5B

analogous

#4E8A5F #4E8A7D #4E798A

triadic

#4E8A7D #7D4E8A #8A7D4E

tetradic

#4E8A7D #5F4E8A #8A4E5B #798A4E

square

#4E8A7D #5F4E8A #8A4E5B #798A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A7D #8A4E79 #8A5F4E

monochromatic

#223C36 #38635A #4E8A7D #6AAB9D #91C1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E8A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E8A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A7D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A7D	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.066 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aca2',
    500: '#4e8a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a7d;
$custom-light: #83aca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58863,
    "c": 0.06625,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A7D

secondary

#AE868F

accent

#6479C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A7D

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

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