#4E797F#4E797F

#4E797F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.048 H 206.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E797F
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 127)
HSL	hsl(187, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, -13.18, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 15.42, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0431 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.048 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8087, 16.8259, 22.5946)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E797F #7F544E

analogous

#4E7F6C #4E797F #4E607F

triadic

#4E797F #7F4E79 #797F4E

tetradic

#4E797F #6C4E7F #7F544E #607F4E

square

#4E797F #6C4E7F #7F544E #607F4E

split-complementary

#4E797F #7F4E60 #7F6C4E

monochromatic

#1F3133 #375559 #4E797F #689BA2 #8EB4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#4E797F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4E797F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E797F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E797F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E797F	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72767F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e797f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.048 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa4',
    500: '#4e797f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e797f;
$custom-light: #829fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e797f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 23.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54702,
    "c": 0.04837,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E797F

secondary

#A68783

accent

#7267C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E797F

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