#4E7980#4E7980

#4E7980 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.049 H 208.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7980
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 128)
HSL	hsl(188, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, -12.91, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 15.48, 213.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% -0.0427 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.049 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8742, 16.8521, 22.9396)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7980 #80554E

analogous

#4E806E #4E7980 #4E6080

triadic

#4E7980 #804E79 #79804E

tetradic

#4E7980 #6E4E80 #80554E #60804E

square

#4E7980 #6E4E80 #80554E #60804E

split-complementary

#4E7980 #804E60 #806E4E

monochromatic

#203134 #37555A #4E7980 #689BA3 #8EB4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4E7980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4E7980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7980

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7980	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.049 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa4',
    500: '#4e7980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7980;
$custom-light: #829fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5474,
    "c": 0.04868,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7980

secondary

#A78883

accent

#7467C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7980

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

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