#4E7C79#4E7C79

#4E7C79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.051 H 190.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7C79
RGB	rgb(78, 124, 121)
HSL	hsl(176, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 37%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, -16.42, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 16.76, 191.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0498 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.051 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7995, 17.4146, 20.7197)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7C79 #7C4E51

analogous

#4E7C62 #4E7C79 #4E687C

triadic

#4E7C79 #794E7C #7C794E

tetradic

#4E7C79 #624E7C #7C4E51 #687C4E

square

#4E7C79 #624E7C #7C4E51 #687C4E

split-complementary

#4E7C79 #7C4E68 #7C624E

monochromatic

#1F3130 #365654 #4E7C79 #67A09C #8DB7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#4E7C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#4E7C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7C79

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7C79	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F717A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 124, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.051 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a29f',
    500: '#4e7c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7c79;
$custom-light: #82a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 22.772,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5523,
    "c": 0.05067,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7C79

secondary

#A48284

accent

#696EBF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7C79

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