#4E7879#4E7879

#4E7879 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.047 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7879
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(181, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, -14.23, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 15.14, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% -0.0444 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.047 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3083, 16.4323, 20.5559)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7879 #794F4E

analogous

#4E7965 #4E7879 #4E6379

triadic

#4E7879 #794E78 #78794E

tetradic

#4E7879 #654E79 #794F4E #63794E

square

#4E7879 #654E79 #794F4E #63794E

split-complementary

#4E7879 #794E63 #79654E

monochromatic

#1E2E2F #365354 #4E7879 #679C9D #8CB4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#4E7879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#4E7879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7879

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7879	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.047 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829f9f',
    500: '#4e7879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7879;
$custom-light: #829f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54236,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7879

secondary

#A28281

accent

#6C6ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7879

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

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