#4E8B77#4E8B77

#4E8B77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.071 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B77
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 119)
HSL	hsl(160, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(160, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -24.79, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 25.20, 169.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0703 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.071 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7029, 21.4157, 20.7554)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B77 #8B4E62

analogous

#4E8B58 #4E8B77 #4E818B

triadic

#4E8B77 #774E8B #8B774E

tetradic

#4E8B77 #584E8B #8B4E62 #818B4E

square

#4E8B77 #584E8B #8B4E62 #818B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B77 #8B4E81 #8B584E

monochromatic

#223D34 #386455 #4E8B77 #6BAC96 #92C2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E8B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E8B77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B77

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B77	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.071 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad9e',
    500: '#4e8b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b77;
$custom-light: #83ad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.328,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58931,
    "c": 0.07128,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B77

secondary

#AE8794

accent

#6383C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B77

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

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