#4E786B#4E786B

#4E786B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.051 H 172.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E786B
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 107)
HSL	hsl(161, 21%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 35%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 0%, 10.8%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, -17.74, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 17.91, 171.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0509 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.051 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5113, 16.1135, 16.3580)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E786B #784E5B

analogous

#4E7856 #4E786B #4E7078

triadic

#4E786B #6B4E78 #786B4E

tetradic

#4E786B #564E78 #784E5B #70784E

square

#4E786B #564E78 #784E5B #70784E

split-complementary

#4E786B #784E70 #78564E

monochromatic

#1E2E29 #36534A #4E786B #679C8C #8CB4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#4E786B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#4E786B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E786B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E786B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E786B	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75736A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e786b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.051 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819f95',
    500: '#4e786b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e786b;
$custom-light: #819f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e786b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.429,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53767,
    "c": 0.05129,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E786B

secondary

#A1818B

accent

#6A84BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0A0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E786B

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

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