#4E8F79#4E8F79

#4E8F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.076 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8F79
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(160, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -26.32, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 26.84, 168.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0744 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.076 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4141, 22.6439, 21.5912)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8F79 #8F4E64

analogous

#4E8F58 #4E8F79 #4E848F

triadic

#4E8F79 #794E8F #8F794E

tetradic

#4E8F79 #584E8F #8F4E64 #848F4E

square

#4E8F79 #584E8F #8F4E64 #848F4E

split-complementary

#4E8F79 #8F4E84 #8F584E

monochromatic

#234036 #386757 #4E8F79 #6CAF98 #93C4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4E8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#4E8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8F79

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8F79	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81807A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.076 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b09f',
    500: '#4e8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8f79;
$custom-light: #83b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.692,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60001,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8F79

secondary

#B18896

accent

#6284C6

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF5F2

border

#CACFCC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8F79

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

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