#4A978D#4A978D

#4A978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.078 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A978D
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -26.32, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 26.40, 184.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0778 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.078 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6963, 25.5105, 29.1329)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A978D #974A54

analogous

#4A9767 #4A978D #4A7B97

triadic

#4A978D #8D4A97 #978D4A

tetradic

#4A978D #674A97 #974A54 #7B974A

square

#4A978D #674A97 #974A54 #7B974A

split-complementary

#4A978D #974A7B #97674A

monochromatic

#224540 #366E67 #4A978D #69B5AB #92CAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4A978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4A978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A978D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A978D	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.078 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ae',
    500: '#4a978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a978d;
$custom-light: #83b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.208,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62452,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A978D

secondary

#B6878D

accent

#5D6CCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A978D

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

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