#4E797C#4E797C

#4E797C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.048 H 201.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E797C
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(184, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, -13.99, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 15.37, 204.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% -0.0444 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.048 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6161, 16.7488, 21.5802)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E797C #7C514E

analogous

#4E7C68 #4E797C #4E627C

triadic

#4E797C #7C4E79 #797C4E

tetradic

#4E797C #684E7C #7C514E #627C4E

square

#4E797C #684E7C #7C514E #627C4E

split-complementary

#4E797C #7C4E62 #7C684E

monochromatic

#1F3031 #365456 #4E797C #679CA0 #8DB5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#4E797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4E797C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E797C

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E797C	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)

#73757C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.048 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa1',
    500: '#4e797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e797c;
$custom-light: #829fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 22.772,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54592,
    "c": 0.04774,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E797C

secondary

#A48482

accent

#6E69BF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E797C

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

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