#4E7E79#4E7E79

#4E7E79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.053 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7E79
RGB	rgb(78, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(174, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(174, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, -17.51, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 17.68, 187.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% -0.0525 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.053 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0527, 17.9210, 20.8041)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7E79 #7E4E53

analogous

#4E7E61 #4E7E79 #4E6B7E

triadic

#4E7E79 #794E7E #7E794E

tetradic

#4E7E79 #614E7E #7E4E53 #6B7E4E

square

#4E7E79 #614E7E #7E4E53 #6B7E4E

split-complementary

#4E7E79 #7E4E6B #7E614E

monochromatic

#1F3230 #375855 #4E7E79 #68A19B #8EB9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#4E7E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#4E7E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E7E79

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E7E79	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71737A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.053 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a39f',
    500: '#4e7e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7e79;
$custom-light: #82a39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.75,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55728,
    "c": 0.05292,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7E79

secondary

#A68286

accent

#6871C0

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7E79

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

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