#4E5D57#4E5D57

#4E5D57 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.021 H 169.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5D57
RGB	rgb(78, 93, 87)
HSL	hsl(156, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(156, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, -7.14, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 7.30, 168.05°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% -0.0205 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.021 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7761, 10.1363, 10.5091)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5D57 #5D4E54

analogous

#4E5D4F #4E5D57 #4E5B5D

triadic

#4E5D57 #574E5D #5D574E

tetradic

#4E5D57 #4F4E5D #5D4E54 #5B5D4E

square

#4E5D57 #4F4E5D #5D4E54 #5B5D4E

split-complementary

#4E5D57 #5D4E5B #5D4F4E

monochromatic

#161A19 #323C38 #4E5D57 #6A7E76 #899C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#4E5D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#4E5D57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5D57

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5D57	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 93, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.021 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8a86',
    500: '#4e5d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5d57;
$custom-light: #7f8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46361,
    "c": 0.0209,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5D57

secondary

#8B7C82

accent

#768EB2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5D57

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

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