#4E7E72#4E7E72

#4E7E72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.056 H 176.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7E72
RGB	rgb(78, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, -19.26, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 19.31, 175.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0557 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.056 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6389, 17.7555, 18.6248)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7E72 #7E4E5A

analogous

#4E7E5A #4E7E72 #4E727E

triadic

#4E7E72 #724E7E #7E724E

tetradic

#4E7E72 #5A4E7E #7E4E5A #727E4E

square

#4E7E72 #5A4E7E #7E4E5A #727E4E

split-complementary

#4E7E72 #7E4E72 #7E5A4E

monochromatic

#1F322E #375850 #4E7E72 #68A193 #8EB9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#4E7E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#4E7E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7E72

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7E72	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.056 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a39a',
    500: '#4e7e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7e72;
$custom-light: #82a39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55499,
    "c": 0.05583,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7E72

secondary

#A6828B

accent

#687EC0

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7E72

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