#4E7D79#4E7D79

#4E7D79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.052 H 188.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7D79
RGB	rgb(78, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(175, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(175, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, -16.97, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 17.21, 189.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% -0.0511 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.052 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9254, 17.6665, 20.7616)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7D79 #7D4E52

analogous

#4E7D62 #4E7D79 #4E697D

triadic

#4E7D79 #794E7D #7D794E

tetradic

#4E7D79 #624E7D #7D4E52 #697D4E

square

#4E7D79 #624E7D #7D4E52 #697D4E

split-complementary

#4E7D79 #7D4E69 #7D624E

monochromatic

#1F3230 #365755 #4E7D79 #68A19C #8DB8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4E7D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4E7D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7D79

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7D79	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70727A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.052 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a29f',
    500: '#4e7d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7d79;
$custom-light: #82a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 23.153,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55479,
    "c": 0.05177,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7D79

secondary

#A58285

accent

#6870C0

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF3F2

border

#CACDCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7D79

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

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