#4E7A79#4E7A79

#4E7A79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.049 H 194.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7A79
RGB	rgb(78, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -15.33, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 15.91, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0471 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.049 194)
XYZ	xyz(13.5514, 16.9184, 20.6370)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7A79 #7A4E4F

analogous

#4E7A63 #4E7A79 #4E657A

triadic

#4E7A79 #794E7A #7A794E

tetradic

#4E7A79 #634E7A #7A4E4F #657A4E

square

#4E7A79 #634E7A #7A4E4F #657A4E

split-complementary

#4E7A79 #7A4E65 #7A634E

monochromatic

#1E2F2F #365554 #4E7A79 #679E9D #8DB6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#4E7A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#4E7A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7A79

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7A79	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.049 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a09f',
    500: '#4e7a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7a79;
$custom-light: #82a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 22,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54732,
    "c": 0.04856,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.16919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7A79

secondary

#A38182

accent

#696BBF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7A79

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

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