#4E5F59#4E5F59

#4E5F59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.023 H 171.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5F59
RGB	rgb(78, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(159, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(159, 18%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.77, -7.87, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.77, 7.97, 170.85°)
OKLab	oklab(46.92% -0.0227 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(46.92% 0.023 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0368, 10.5251, 11.0047)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5F59 #5F4E54

analogous

#4E5F51 #4E5F59 #4E5D5F

triadic

#4E5F59 #594E5F #5F594E

tetradic

#4E5F59 #514E5F #5F4E54 #5D5F4E

square

#4E5F59 #514E5F #5F4E54 #5D5F4E

split-complementary

#4E5F59 #5F4E5D #5F514E

monochromatic

#171C1A #323D3A #4E5F59 #6A8178 #899E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#4E5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#4E5F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5F59

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5F59	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.023 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8c87',
    500: '#4e5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5f59;
$custom-light: #7f8c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 9.827,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46923,
    "c": 0.02297,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5F59

secondary

#8D7C82

accent

#758BB3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5F59

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

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