#4E7974#4E7974

#4E7974 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.048 H 186.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7974
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 116)
HSL	hsl(173, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 4.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, -16.07, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 16.19, 187.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.048 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.048 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1305, 16.5546, 19.0231)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7974 #794E53

analogous

#4E795F #4E7974 #4E6979

triadic

#4E7974 #744E79 #79744E

tetradic

#4E7974 #5F4E79 #794E53 #69794E

square

#4E7974 #5F4E79 #794E53 #69794E

split-complementary

#4E7974 #794E69 #795F4E

monochromatic

#1E2F2D #365450 #4E7974 #679D97 #8CB5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4E7974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E7974 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7974

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7974	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)

#757574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6F75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.048 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a09c',
    500: '#4e7974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7974;
$custom-light: #81a09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.023,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54311,
    "c": 0.04838,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7974

secondary

#A28185

accent

#6A73BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7974

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

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