#4E787E#4E787E

#4E787E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.047 H 207.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E787E
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(188, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, -12.90, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 15.13, 211.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% -0.0422 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.047 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6229, 16.5581, 22.2128)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E787E #7E544E

analogous

#4E7E6C #4E787E #4E607E

triadic

#4E787E #7E4E78 #787E4E

tetradic

#4E787E #6C4E7E #7E544E #607E4E

square

#4E787E #6C4E7E #7E544E #607E4E

split-complementary

#4E787E #7E4E60 #7E6C4E

monochromatic

#1F3032 #375458 #4E787E #689AA1 #8EB3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4E787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E787E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E787E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E787E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.047 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa3',
    500: '#4e787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e787e;
$custom-light: #829fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54419,
    "c": 0.04746,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E787E

secondary

#A68782

accent

#7368C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E787E

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