#4E8E75#4E8E75

#4E8E75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.077 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E75
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 117)
HSL	hsl(157, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(157, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 17.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, -26.76, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 27.65, 165.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0751 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.077 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0244, 22.2489, 20.2762)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E75 #8E4E67

analogous

#4E8E55 #4E8E75 #4E878E

triadic

#4E8E75 #754E8E #8E754E

tetradic

#4E8E75 #554E8E #8E4E67 #878E4E

square

#4E8E75 #554E8E #8E4E67 #878E4E

split-complementary

#4E8E75 #8E4E87 #8E554E

monochromatic

#233F34 #386654 #4E8E75 #6BAE94 #93C4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E8E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4E8E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E75

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E75	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.077 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83af9c',
    500: '#4e8e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e75;
$custom-light: #83af9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.563,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59633,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E75

secondary

#B08897

accent

#6289C5

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E75

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

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