#4E7172#4E7172

#4E7172 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.040 H 198.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7172
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 114)
HSL	hsl(182, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, -12.14, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 12.96, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% -0.0379 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.04 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0833, 14.6442, 18.1062)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7172 #724F4E

analogous

#4E7261 #4E7172 #4E5F72

triadic

#4E7172 #724E71 #71724E

tetradic

#4E7172 #614E72 #724F4E #5F724E

square

#4E7172 #614E72 #724F4E #5F724E

split-complementary

#4E7172 #724E5F #72614E

monochromatic

#1C2929 #354D4E #4E7172 #679596 #8BAFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#4E7172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#4E7172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7172

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7172	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.040 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819a9a',
    500: '#4e7172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7172;
$custom-light: #819a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52251,
    "c": 0.03991,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7172

secondary

#9D807F

accent

#6F6CBB

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7172

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

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