#4E7572#4E7572

#4E7572 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.044 H 189.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7572
RGB	rgb(78, 117, 114)
HSL	hsl(175, 20%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 33%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, -14.37, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 14.63, 190.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% -0.0435 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.044 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5394, 15.5565, 18.2583)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7572 #754E51

analogous

#4E755E #4E7572 #4E6475

triadic

#4E7572 #724E75 #75724E

tetradic

#4E7572 #5E4E75 #754E51 #64754E

square

#4E7572 #5E4E75 #754E51 #64754E

split-complementary

#4E7572 #754E64 #755E4E

monochromatic

#1D2C2A #36504E #4E7572 #679996 #8BB2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#4E7572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#4E7572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7572

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7572	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 117, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.044 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819d9a',
    500: '#4e7572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7572;
$custom-light: #819d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53245,
    "c": 0.04413,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7572

secondary

#9F8082

accent

#6B71BD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7572

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

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