#4E736E#4E736E

#4E736E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.043 H 185.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E736E
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 110)
HSL	hsl(172, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, -14.27, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 14.34, 185.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% -0.0425 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.043 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0861, 15.0063, 17.0085)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E736E #734E53

analogous

#4E735B #4E736E #4E6573

triadic

#4E736E #6E4E73 #736E4E

tetradic

#4E736E #5B4E73 #734E53 #65734E

square

#4E736E #5B4E73 #734E53 #65734E

split-complementary

#4E736E #734E65 #735B4E

monochromatic

#1D2A28 #354F4B #4E736E #679791 #8BB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#4E736E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#4E736E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E736E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E736E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E736E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e736e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.043 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819b97',
    500: '#4e736e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e736e;
$custom-light: #819b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e736e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 19.171,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5261,
    "c": 0.04272,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E736E

secondary

#9E7F83

accent

#6C77BC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E736E

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