#4E8D79#4E8D79

#4E8D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.073 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D79
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -25.32, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 25.69, 170.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0719 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.073 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1166, 22.0487, 21.4920)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D79 #8D4E62

analogous

#4E8D59 #4E8D79 #4E818D

triadic

#4E8D79 #794E8D #8D794E

tetradic

#4E8D79 #594E8D #8D4E62 #818D4E

square

#4E8D79 #594E8D #8D4E62 #818D4E

split-complementary

#4E8D79 #8D4E81 #8D594E

monochromatic

#223E35 #386657 #4E8D79 #6BAD98 #92C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D79

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D79	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.073 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ae9f',
    500: '#4e8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d79;
$custom-light: #83ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.952,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59496,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D79

secondary

#AF8794

accent

#6382C5

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D79

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

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