#4E706C#4E706C

#4E706C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.040 H 186.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E706C
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 108)
HSL	hsl(173, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, -13.09, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 13.20, 187.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% -0.0392 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.04 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6419, 14.2902, 16.3293)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E706C #704E52

analogous

#4E705B #4E706C #4E6370

triadic

#4E706C #6C4E70 #706C4E

tetradic

#4E706C #5B4E70 #704E52 #63704E

square

#4E706C #5B4E70 #704E52 #63704E

split-complementary

#4E706C #704E63 #705B4E

monochromatic

#1C2826 #354C49 #4E706C #67948F #8BAEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#4E706C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#4E706C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E706C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E706C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E706C	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66686C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e706c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.040 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819996',
    500: '#4e706c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e706c;
$custom-light: #819996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e706c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 17.895,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51793,
    "c": 0.03951,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E706C

secondary

#9B7F82

accent

#6D76BB

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E706C

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

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