#4E7472#4E7472

#4E7472 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.043 H 191.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7472
RGB	rgb(78, 116, 114)
HSL	hsl(177, 20%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 33%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 0%, 1.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, -13.82, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 14.18, 192.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53% -0.0421 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.043 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4235, 15.3247, 18.2197)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7472 #744E50

analogous

#4E745F #4E7472 #4E6374

triadic

#4E7472 #724E74 #74724E

tetradic

#4E7472 #5F4E74 #744E50 #63744E

square

#4E7472 #5F4E74 #744E50 #63744E

split-complementary

#4E7472 #744E63 #745F4E

monochromatic

#1D2B2A #354F4E #4E7472 #679996 #8BB1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#4E7472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#4E7472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7472

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7472	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 116, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.043 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819c9a',
    500: '#4e7472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7472;
$custom-light: #819c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 19.588,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52996,
    "c": 0.043,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7472

secondary

#9E8081

accent

#6C70BC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7472

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

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