#4E7973#4E7973

#4E7973 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.049 H 184.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7973
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(172, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, -16.32, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 16.38, 185.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% -0.0485 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.049 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0727, 16.5315, 18.7184)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7973 #794E54

analogous

#4E795E #4E7973 #4E6A79

triadic

#4E7973 #734E79 #79734E

tetradic

#4E7973 #5E4E79 #794E54 #6A794E

square

#4E7973 #5E4E79 #794E54 #6A794E

split-complementary

#4E7973 #794E6A #795E4E

monochromatic

#1E2F2C #365450 #4E7973 #679D96 #8CB5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4E7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E7973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7973

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7973	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.049 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a09b',
    500: '#4e7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7973;
$custom-light: #81a09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54277,
    "c": 0.04868,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7973

secondary

#A28185

accent

#6A75BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7973

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

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