#4E696C#4E696C

#4E696C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.032 H 204.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E696C
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 108)
HSL	hsl(186, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, -9.10, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 10.34, 208.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0291 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.032 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8994, 12.8051, 16.0818)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E696C #6C514E

analogous

#4E6C60 #4E696C #4E5A6C

triadic

#4E696C #6C4E69 #696C4E

tetradic

#4E696C #604E6C #6C514E #5A6C4E

square

#4E696C #604E6C #6C514E #5A6C4E

split-complementary

#4E696C #6C4E5A #6C604E

monochromatic

#1B2425 #344648 #4E696C #688C90 #8AA7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#4E696C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#4E696C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E696C

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E696C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E696C	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)

#65676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F626C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e696c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.032 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809496',
    500: '#4e696c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e696c;
$custom-light: #809496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e696c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50057,
    "c": 0.03207,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E696C

secondary

#98807E

accent

#766FB9

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E696C

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

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