#4E8C7A#4E8C7A

#4E8C7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.071 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C7A
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(163, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -24.57, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 24.80, 172.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0702 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.071 173)
XYZ	xyz(16.0314, 21.7798, 21.7677)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C7A #8C4E60

analogous

#4E8C5B #4E8C7A #4E7F8C

triadic

#4E8C7A #7A4E8C #8C7A4E

tetradic

#4E8C7A #5B4E8C #8C4E60 #7F8C4E

square

#4E8C7A #5B4E8C #8C4E60 #7F8C4E

split-complementary

#4E8C7A #8C4E7F #8C5B4E

monochromatic

#223D36 #386558 #4E8C7A #6BAC99 #92C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E8C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4E8C7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C7A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C7A	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.071 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aea0',
    500: '#4e8c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c7a;
$custom-light: #83aea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59273,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.21781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C7A

secondary

#AF8793

accent

#637FC5

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C7A

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

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