#4E685E#4E685E

#4E685E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.035 H 169.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E685E
RGB	rgb(78, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(157, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(157, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, -11.93, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 12.19, 168.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% -0.0341 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.035 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1120, 12.3281, 12.4343)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E685E #684E58

analogous

#4E6851 #4E685E #4E6568

triadic

#4E685E #5E4E68 #685E4E

tetradic

#4E685E #514E68 #684E58 #65684E

square

#4E685E #514E68 #684E58 #65684E

split-complementary

#4E685E #684E65 #68514E

monochromatic

#1A221F #34453E #4E685E #688B7E #8AA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#4E685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#4E685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E685E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E685E	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62615F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#486865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.035 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80938b',
    500: '#4e685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e685e;
$custom-light: #80938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49331,
    "c": 0.03472,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E685E

secondary

#957D86

accent

#718CB7

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E685E

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

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