#4A978A#4A978A

#4A978A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.079 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A978A
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -27.10, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 27.11, 180.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0792 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.079 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4762, 25.4224, 27.9732)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A978A #974A57

analogous

#4A9764 #4A978A #4A7E97

triadic

#4A978A #8A4A97 #978A4A

tetradic

#4A978A #644A97 #974A57 #7E974A

square

#4A978A #644A97 #974A57 #7E974A

split-complementary

#4A978A #974A7E #97644A

monochromatic

#22453F #366E64 #4A978A #69B5A8 #92CAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4A978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4A978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A978A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A978A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.079 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ac',
    500: '#4a978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a978a;
$custom-light: #83b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.87,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62356,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A978A

secondary

#B6878F

accent

#5D70CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A978A

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

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