#4E797A#4E797A

#4E797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.048 H 197.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E797A
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(181, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 36%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, -14.52, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 15.45, 199.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% -0.0453 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.048 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4909, 16.6987, 20.9209)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E797A #7A4F4E

analogous

#4E7A65 #4E797A #4E637A

triadic

#4E797A #7A4E79 #797A4E

tetradic

#4E797A #654E7A #7A4F4E #637A4E

square

#4E797A #654E7A #7A4F4E #637A4E

split-complementary

#4E797A #7A4E63 #7A654E

monochromatic

#1E2F2F #365455 #4E797A #679D9E #8DB5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#4E797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#4E797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E797A

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E797A	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.048 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa0',
    500: '#4e797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e797a;
$custom-light: #829fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 22,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54519,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E797A

secondary

#A38281

accent

#6B69BF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E797A

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

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