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#4E8B76

#4e8b76 ≈ Viridian

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#4e8b76 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 54.51% green and 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.11% yellow and 45.49% black. Its hue angle is 159.34°, with 28.11% saturation and 42.55% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Viridian (#40826d), ΔE 3.73.

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Web safe#669966
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Relative luminance0.2139

Complementary

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #8b4e63

Split complementary

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #8b4e82
  3. #8b574e

Analogous

  1. #4e8b57
  2. #4e8b76
  3. #4e828b

Triadic

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #764e8b
  3. #8b764e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #4e638b
  3. #8b4e63
  4. #8b764e

Square

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #574e8b
  3. #8b4e63
  4. #828b4e

Monochromatic

  1. #172923
  2. #335a4c
  3. #4e8b76
  4. #74b19c
  5. #a5cdbf

Shades

#4e8b76 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #467d6a
  3. #3e6f5e
  4. #376153
  5. #2f5347
  6. #27463b
  7. #1f382f
  8. #172a23
  9. #101c18
  10. #080e0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8b76 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #609784
  3. #71a291
  4. #83ae9f
  5. #95b9ad
  6. #a7c5bb
  7. #b8d1c8
  8. #cadcd6
  9. #dce8e4
  10. #edf3f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8b76 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8b76
  2. #538a77
  3. #588978
  4. #5d8879
  5. #62877a
  6. #67867b
  7. #6c847c
  8. #71837d
  9. #76827e
  10. #7b817f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f847c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #888475 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e7d77 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3b8c85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #758775 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e8377 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #438b7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8b76 {
  color: #4e8b76;
}
Background
.bg-4e8b76 {
  background-color: #4e8b76;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8b76 {
  border: 2px solid #4e8b76;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8b76;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 139 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 28% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8b76 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8b76, #4e828b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8b76 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 139 118 / 0.35);
}

#40826d Viridian ΔE 3.73 #2e8b57 Sea Green ΔE 9.31 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 9.71 #01796f Pine Green ΔE 9.99 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.02 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.15 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.35 #b17489 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Viridian
#4e8b76  rgb(78, 139, 118)  hsl(159, 28%, 43%)  Viridian
#8b4e63  rgb(139, 78, 99)  hsl(339, 28%, 43%)  Twilight Lavender
#764e8b  rgb(118, 78, 139)  hsl(279, 28%, 43%)  Royal Purple
#8b764e  rgb(139, 118, 78)  hsl(39, 28%, 43%)  Raw Umber