#4E797E#4E797E

#4E797E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.048 H 205.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E797E
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(186, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, -13.45, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 15.38, 208.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.0435 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.048 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7438, 16.7999, 22.2531)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E797E #7E534E

analogous

#4E7E6B #4E797E #4E617E

triadic

#4E797E #7E4E79 #797E4E

tetradic

#4E797E #6B4E7E #7E534E #617E4E

square

#4E797E #6B4E7E #7E534E #617E4E

split-complementary

#4E797E #7E4E61 #7E6B4E

monochromatic

#1F3032 #375558 #4E797E #689BA1 #8EB4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#4E797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#4E797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E797E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E797E	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73767E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.048 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa3',
    500: '#4e797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e797e;
$custom-light: #829fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54665,
    "c": 0.0481,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E797E

secondary

#A68682

accent

#7168C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E797E

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

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