#4E696D#4E696D

#4E696D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.032 H 207.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E696D
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 109)
HSL	hsl(188, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -8.84, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 10.40, 211.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% -0.0287 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.032 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9529, 12.8265, 16.3637)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E696D #6D524E

analogous

#4E6D62 #4E696D #4E5A6D

triadic

#4E696D #6D4E69 #696D4E

tetradic

#4E696D #624E6D #6D524E #5A6D4E

square

#4E696D #624E6D #6D524E #5A6D4E

split-complementary

#4E696D #6D4E5A #6D624E

monochromatic

#1B2426 #344749 #4E696D #688B91 #8AA7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#4E696D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#4E696D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E696D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E696D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E696D	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F636D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e696d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.032 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809396',
    500: '#4e696d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e696d;
$custom-light: #809396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e696d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 16.578,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50094,
    "c": 0.03233,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E696D

secondary

#99817E

accent

#786FB9

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E696D

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

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