#4E8B7D#4E8B7D

#4E8B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.068 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B7D
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(166, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(166, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -23.33, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 23.37, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0675 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.068 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0747, 21.5644, 22.7133)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B7D #8B4E5C

analogous

#4E8B5F #4E8B7D #4E7A8B

triadic

#4E8B7D #7D4E8B #8B7D4E

tetradic

#4E8B7D #5F4E8B #8B4E5C #7A8B4E

square

#4E8B7D #5F4E8B #8B4E5C #7A8B4E

split-complementary

#4E8B7D #8B4E7A #8B5F4E

monochromatic

#223D36 #38645A #4E8B7D #6BAC9D #92C2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E8B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E8B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B7D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B7D	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.068 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ada2',
    500: '#4e8b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b7d;
$custom-light: #83ada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59114,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B7D

secondary

#AE8790

accent

#637AC4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B7D

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

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