#4E7C72#4E7C72

#4E7C72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.053 H 178.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7C72
RGB	rgb(78, 124, 114)
HSL	hsl(167, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(167, 37%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, -18.19, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 18.20, 178.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55% -0.053 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.053 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3857, 17.2491, 18.5404)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7C72 #7C4E58

analogous

#4E7C5B #4E7C72 #4E6F7C

triadic

#4E7C72 #724E7C #7C724E

tetradic

#4E7C72 #5B4E7C #7C4E58 #6F7C4E

square

#4E7C72 #5B4E7C #7C4E58 #6F7C4E

split-complementary

#4E7C72 #7C4E6F #7C5B4E

monochromatic

#1F312D #36564F #4E7C72 #67A093 #8DB7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#4E7C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#4E7C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7C72

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7C72	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 124, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.053 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a29a',
    500: '#4e7c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7c72;
$custom-light: #82a29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 22.772,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54996,
    "c": 0.05305,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7C72

secondary

#A48289

accent

#697BBF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7C72

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