#4E5C55#4E5C55

#4E5C55 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.021 H 163.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5C55
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(150, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(150, 15%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, -6.99, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 7.33, 162.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% -0.0199 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.021 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6083, 9.9297, 10.0557)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5C55 #5C4E55

analogous

#4E5C4E #4E5C55 #4E5C5C

triadic

#4E5C55 #554E5C #5C554E

tetradic

#4E5C55 #4E4E5C #5C4E55 #5C5C4E

square

#4E5C55 #4E4E5C #5C4E55 #5C5C4E

split-complementary

#4E5C55 #5C4E5C #5C4E4E

monochromatic

#161A18 #323B36 #4E5C55 #6A7D74 #899B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#4E5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4E5C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5C55

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5C55	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.021 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8a84',
    500: '#4e5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5c55;
$custom-light: #7f8a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 8.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46048,
    "c": 0.0207,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5C55

secondary

#8A7C83

accent

#7794B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5C55

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

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