#4E7372#4E7372

#4E7372 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.042 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7372
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 114)
HSL	hsl(178, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, -13.26, -3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 13.75, 195.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% -0.0407 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.042 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3088, 15.0954, 18.1814)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7372 #734E4F

analogous

#4E735F #4E7372 #4E6173

triadic

#4E7372 #724E73 #73724E

tetradic

#4E7372 #5F4E73 #734E4F #61734E

square

#4E7372 #5F4E73 #734E4F #61734E

split-complementary

#4E7372 #734E61 #735F4E

monochromatic

#1D2A2A #354F4E #4E7372 #679796 #8BB0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#4E7372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#4E7372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7372

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7372	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.042 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819b9a',
    500: '#4e7372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7372;
$custom-light: #819b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.378,
    "s": 19.171,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52747,
    "c": 0.04191,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7372

secondary

#9E7F80

accent

#6C6EBC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7372

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

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