#4E786E#4E786E

#4E786E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.050 H 177.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E786E
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 110)
HSL	hsl(166, 21%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 35%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 0%, 8.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, -17.01, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 17.04, 177.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% -0.0495 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.05 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6718, 16.1777, 17.2037)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E786E #784E58

analogous

#4E7859 #4E786E #4E6D78

triadic

#4E786E #6E4E78 #786E4E

tetradic

#4E786E #594E78 #784E58 #6D784E

square

#4E786E #594E78 #784E58 #6D784E

split-complementary

#4E786E #784E6D #78594E

monochromatic

#1E2E2A #36534C #4E786E #679C90 #8CB4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#4E786E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#4E786E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E786E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E786E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E786E	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75736E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e786e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.050 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819f97',
    500: '#4e786e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e786e;
$custom-light: #819f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e786e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53862,
    "c": 0.04951,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E786E

secondary

#A18188

accent

#6A7EBE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E786E

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