#4E8E79#4E8E79

#4E8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.074 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E79
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(160, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -25.82, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 26.27, 169.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0732 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.074 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2647, 22.3450, 21.5414)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E79 #8E4E63

analogous

#4E8E59 #4E8E79 #4E838E

triadic

#4E8E79 #794E8E #8E794E

tetradic

#4E8E79 #594E8E #8E4E63 #838E4E

square

#4E8E79 #594E8E #8E4E63 #838E4E

split-complementary

#4E8E79 #8E4E83 #8E594E

monochromatic

#233F36 #386657 #4E8E79 #6BAE98 #93C4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#4E8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#4E8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E79

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E79	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.074 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83af9f',
    500: '#4e8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e79;
$custom-light: #83af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.313,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.0742,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E79

secondary

#B08895

accent

#6283C5

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E79

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

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