#4E5E59#4E5E59

#4E5E59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.021 H 174.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E59
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(161, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(161, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.46, -7.28, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.46, 7.32, 173.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% -0.0212 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.021 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9473, 10.3461, 10.9749)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E59 #5E4E53

analogous

#4E5E51 #4E5E59 #4E5B5E

triadic

#4E5E59 #594E5E #5E594E

tetradic

#4E5E59 #514E5E #5E4E53 #5B5E4E

square

#4E5E59 #514E5E #5E4E53 #5B5E4E

split-complementary

#4E5E59 #5E4E5B #5E514E

monochromatic

#161B1A #323D39 #4E5E59 #6A7F79 #899D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#4E5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#4E5E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E59

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E59	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.021 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8b87',
    500: '#4e5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e59;
$custom-light: #7f8b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46675,
    "c": 0.02127,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E59

secondary

#8C7C81

accent

#7689B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E59

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

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