#4E8B79#4E8B79

#4E8B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.070 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B79
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(162, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -24.31, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 24.55, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0694 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.07 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8243, 21.4643, 21.3946)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B79 #8B4E60

analogous

#4E8B5A #4E8B79 #4E7F8B

triadic

#4E8B79 #794E8B #8B794E

tetradic

#4E8B79 #5A4E8B #8B4E60 #7F8B4E

square

#4E8B79 #5A4E8B #8B4E60 #7F8B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B79 #8B4E7F #8B5A4E

monochromatic

#223D35 #386457 #4E8B79 #6BAC98 #92C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#4E8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B79

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B79	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.070 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad9f',
    500: '#4e8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b79;
$custom-light: #83ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58991,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B79

secondary

#AE8792

accent

#6380C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B79

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

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