#4E7E73#4E7E73

#4E7E73 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.055 H 178.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7E73
RGB	rgb(78, 126, 115)
HSL	hsl(166, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(166, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, -19.01, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 19.03, 177.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% -0.0553 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.055 178)
XYZ	xyz(13.6961, 17.7783, 18.9262)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7E73 #7E4E59

analogous

#4E7E5B #4E7E73 #4E717E

triadic

#4E7E73 #734E7E #7E734E

tetradic

#4E7E73 #5B4E7E #7E4E59 #717E4E

square

#4E7E73 #5B4E7E #7E4E59 #717E4E

split-complementary

#4E7E73 #7E4E71 #7E5B4E

monochromatic

#1F322E #375850 #4E7E73 #68A194 #8EB9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#4E7E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#4E7E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7E73

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7E73	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 126, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.055 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a39b',
    500: '#4e7e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7e73;
$custom-light: #82a39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55531,
    "c": 0.05529,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.17779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7E73

secondary

#A6828A

accent

#687CC0

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7E73

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