#4E797B#4E797B

#4E797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.048 H 199.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E797B
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(183, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 37%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, -14.26, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 15.40, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.0449 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.048 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5531, 16.7237, 21.2489)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E797B #7B504E

analogous

#4E7B67 #4E797B #4E637B

triadic

#4E797B #7B4E79 #797B4E

tetradic

#4E797B #674E7B #7B504E #637B4E

square

#4E797B #674E7B #7B504E #637B4E

split-complementary

#4E797B #7B4E63 #7B674E

monochromatic

#1F2F30 #365456 #4E797B #679C9F #8DB5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#4E797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4E797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E797B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E797B	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.048 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa1',
    500: '#4e797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e797b;
$custom-light: #829fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 22.388,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54555,
    "c": 0.04763,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E797B

secondary

#A38381

accent

#6D69BF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E797B

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

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