#4E8B72#4E8B72

#4E8B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.075 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B72
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(155, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(155, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -25.95, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 26.95, 164.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0727 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.075 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4105, 21.2987, 19.2153)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B72 #8B4E67

analogous

#4E8B53 #4E8B72 #4E868B

triadic

#4E8B72 #724E8B #8B724E

tetradic

#4E8B72 #534E8B #8B4E67 #868B4E

square

#4E8B72 #534E8B #8B4E67 #868B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B72 #8B4E86 #8B534E

monochromatic

#223D32 #386452 #4E8B72 #6BAC91 #92C2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E8B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E8B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B72

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B72	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#898371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.075 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad9a',
    500: '#4e8b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b72;
$custom-light: #83ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.41,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58787,
    "c": 0.07506,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B72

secondary

#AE8797

accent

#638BC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B72

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

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