#4E686A#4E686A

#4E686A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.031 H 202.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E686A
RGB	rgb(78, 104, 106)
HSL	hsl(184, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, -9.03, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 9.98, 205.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0286 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.031 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6929, 12.5605, 15.4939)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E686A #6A504E

analogous

#4E6A5E #4E686A #4E5A6A

triadic

#4E686A #6A4E68 #686A4E

tetradic

#4E686A #5E4E6A #6A504E #5A6A4E

square

#4E686A #5E4E6A #6A504E #5A6A4E

split-complementary

#4E686A #6A4E5A #6A5E4E

monochromatic

#1A2323 #344547 #4E686A #688B8D #8AA6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#4E686A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#4E686A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E686A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E686A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E686A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64666A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F626A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#456A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e686a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 104, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.031 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809394',
    500: '#4e686a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e686a;
$custom-light: #809394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e686a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49738,
    "c": 0.03084,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E686A

secondary

#967F7D

accent

#7570B8

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E686A

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

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