#4E696B#4E696B

#4E696B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.032 H 201.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E696B
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 107)
HSL	hsl(184, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, -9.36, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 10.32, 204.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0296 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.032 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8465, 12.7839, 15.8031)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E696B #6B504E

analogous

#4E6B5F #4E696B #4E5B6B

triadic

#4E696B #6B4E69 #696B4E

tetradic

#4E696B #5F4E6B #6B504E #5B6B4E

square

#4E696B #5F4E6B #6B504E #5B6B4E

split-complementary

#4E696B #6B4E5B #6B5F4E

monochromatic

#1A2424 #344648 #4E696B #688C8E #8AA7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#4E696B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#4E696B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E696B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E696B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E696B	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60626B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e696b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.032 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809495',
    500: '#4e696b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e696b;
$custom-light: #809495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e696b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50021,
    "c": 0.03189,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E696B

secondary

#977F7E

accent

#746FB8

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E696B

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

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