#4E6561#4E6561

#4E6561 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.028 H 183.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6561
RGB	rgb(78, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(170, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 23%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 4%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, -9.50, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 9.52, 183.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% -0.0282 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.028 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9526, 11.7898, 13.0582)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6561 #654E52

analogous

#4E6555 #4E6561 #4E5D65

triadic

#4E6561 #614E65 #65614E

tetradic

#4E6561 #554E65 #654E52 #5D654E

square

#4E6561 #554E65 #654E52 #5D654E

split-complementary

#4E6561 #654E5D #65554E

monochromatic

#19201F #334240 #4E6561 #698882 #89A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#4E6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#4E6561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6561

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6561	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#486664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.028 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80918d',
    500: '#4e6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6561;
$custom-light: #80918d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 12.849,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4868,
    "c": 0.02826,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6561

secondary

#927D80

accent

#727EB6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0C

muted

#7C7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6561

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

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