#4E696E#4E696E

#4E696E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.033 H 210.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E696E
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(189, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, -8.58, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 10.49, 215.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0282 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.033 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0071, 12.8481, 16.6488)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E696E #6E534E

analogous

#4E6E63 #4E696E #4E596E

triadic

#4E696E #6E4E69 #696E4E

tetradic

#4E696E #634E6E #6E534E #596E4E

square

#4E696E #634E6E #6E534E #596E4E

split-complementary

#4E696E #6E4E59 #6E634E

monochromatic

#1B2526 #35474A #4E696E #678B92 #8AA7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#4E696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#4E696E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E696E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E696E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F636E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.033 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809397',
    500: '#4e696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e696e;
$custom-light: #809397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50131,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E696E

secondary

#9A827E

accent

#7A6EBA

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E696E

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

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