#4E6868#4E6868

#4E6868 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.031 H 196.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6868
RGB	rgb(78, 104, 104)
HSL	hsl(180, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.03, -9.53, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.03, 10.03, 198.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% -0.0295 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.031 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5901, 12.5194, 14.9525)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6868 #684E4E

analogous

#4E685B #4E6868 #4E5B68

triadic

#4E6868 #684E68 #68684E

tetradic

#4E6868 #5B4E68 #684E4E #5B684E

square

#4E6868 #5B4E68 #684E4E #5B684E

split-complementary

#4E6868 #684E5B #685B4E

monochromatic

#1A2222 #344545 #4E6868 #688B8B #8AA7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#4E6868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#4E6868 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6868

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6868	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#456A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 104, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.031 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809393',
    500: '#4e6868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6868;
$custom-light: #809393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49666,
    "c": 0.03069,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6868

secondary

#957D7D

accent

#7171B7

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6868

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

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