#4E5E60#4E5E60

#4E5E60 is a mid, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.020 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E60
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 96)
HSL	hsl(187, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 19%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, -5.62, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 6.47, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.92% -0.0179 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(46.92% 0.02 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2553, 10.4694, 12.5972)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E60 #60504E

analogous

#4E6059 #4E5E60 #4E5560

triadic

#4E5E60 #604E5E #5E604E

tetradic

#4E5E60 #594E60 #60504E #55604E

square

#4E5E60 #594E60 #60504E #55604E

split-complementary

#4E5E60 #604E55 #60594E

monochromatic

#171C1C #333D3E #4E5E60 #697F82 #899D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#4E5E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#4E5E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E60

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E60	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.020 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808b8d',
    500: '#4e5e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e60;
$custom-light: #808b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46917,
    "c": 0.01993,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E60

secondary

#8E7E7C

accent

#7B75B3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0C

muted

#7C7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E60

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

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