#4E796C#4E796C

#4E796C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.052 H 173.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E796C
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 108)
HSL	hsl(162, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 10.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, -18.04, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 18.20, 172.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% -0.0518 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.052 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6851, 16.3764, 16.6770)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E796C #794E5B

analogous

#4E7957 #4E796C #4E7179

triadic

#4E796C #6C4E79 #796C4E

tetradic

#4E796C #574E79 #794E5B #71794E

square

#4E796C #574E79 #794E5B #71794E

split-complementary

#4E796C #794E71 #79574E

monochromatic

#1E2F2A #36544B #4E796C #679D8D #8CB5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#4E796C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#4E796C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E796C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E796C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E796C	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e796c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.052 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a096',
    500: '#4e796c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e796c;
$custom-light: #81a096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e796c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.86,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54051,
    "c": 0.05215,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E796C

secondary

#A2818B

accent

#6A83BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0A0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E796C

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

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