#4E7972#4E7972

#4E7972 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.049 H 183.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7972
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(170, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, -16.57, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 16.59, 183.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% -0.049 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.049 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0154, 16.5086, 18.4170)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7972 #794E55

analogous

#4E795D #4E7972 #4E6B79

triadic

#4E7972 #724E79 #79724E

tetradic

#4E7972 #5D4E79 #794E55 #6B794E

square

#4E7972 #5D4E79 #794E55 #6B794E

split-complementary

#4E7972 #794E6B #795D4E

monochromatic

#1E2F2C #36544F #4E7972 #679D94 #8CB5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4E7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#4E7972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7972

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7972	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.049 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a09a',
    500: '#4e7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7972;
$custom-light: #81a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.233,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54244,
    "c": 0.04904,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7972

secondary

#A28186

accent

#6A77BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7972

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

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