#4E696A#4E696A

#4E696A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.032 H 199.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E696A
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 106)
HSL	hsl(182, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, -9.61, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 10.33, 201.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% -0.03 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.032 199)
XYZ	xyz(10.7942, 12.7630, 15.5276)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E696A #6A4F4E

analogous

#4E6A5D #4E696A #4E5B6A

triadic

#4E696A #6A4E69 #696A4E

tetradic

#4E696A #5D4E6A #6A4F4E #5B6A4E

square

#4E696A #5D4E6A #6A4F4E #5B6A4E

split-complementary

#4E696A #6A4E5B #6A5D4E

monochromatic

#1A2323 #344647 #4E696A #688C8D #8AA8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#4E696A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#4E696A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E696A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E696A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E696A	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65666A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60626A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#456B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e696a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.032 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809494',
    500: '#4e696a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e696a;
$custom-light: #809494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e696a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49985,
    "c": 0.03178,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.12763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E696A

secondary

#967E7D

accent

#7270B8

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E696A

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

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