#4E7970#4E7970

#4E7970 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.050 H 179.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7970
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 112)
HSL	hsl(167, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, -17.07, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 17.07, 179.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% -0.0499 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.05 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9028, 16.4635, 17.8240)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7970 #794E57

analogous

#4E795B #4E7970 #4E6D79

triadic

#4E7970 #704E79 #79704E

tetradic

#4E7970 #5B4E79 #794E57 #6D794E

square

#4E7970 #5B4E79 #794E57 #6D794E

split-complementary

#4E7970 #794E6D #795B4E

monochromatic

#1E2F2B #36544E #4E7970 #679D92 #8CB5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#4E7970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#4E7970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7970

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7970	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.050 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a099',
    500: '#4e7970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7970;
$custom-light: #81a099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54178,
    "c": 0.04991,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7970

secondary

#A28188

accent

#6A7BBE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7970

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

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