#4A978E#4A978E

#4A978E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.078 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A978E
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -26.06, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 26.18, 185.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0773 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.078 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7711, 25.5404, 29.5265)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A978E #974A53

analogous

#4A9768 #4A978E #4A7A97

triadic

#4A978E #8E4A97 #978E4A

tetradic

#4A978E #684A97 #974A53 #7A974A

square

#4A978E #684A97 #974A53 #7A974A

split-complementary

#4A978E #974A7A #97684A

monochromatic

#224541 #366E67 #4A978E #69B5AC #92CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4A978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4A978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A978E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A978E	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.078 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6af',
    500: '#4a978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a978e;
$custom-light: #83b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.987,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A978E

secondary

#B6878D

accent

#5D6ACA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A978E

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

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