#4A997D#4A997D

#4A997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.090 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A997D
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(159, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -31.28, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 32.14, 166.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0877 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.09 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9153, 25.7174, 23.4179)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A997D #994A66

analogous

#4A9955 #4A997D #4A8E99

triadic

#4A997D #7D4A99 #997D4A

tetradic

#4A997D #554A99 #994A66 #8E994A

square

#4A997D #554A99 #994A66 #8E994A

split-complementary

#4A997D #994A8E #99554A

monochromatic

#22473A #36705B #4A997D #6AB79B #93CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4A997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4A997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A997D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A997D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.090 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7a2',
    500: '#4a997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a997d;
$custom-light: #82b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.734,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62473,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A997D

secondary

#B78899

accent

#5D84CB

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A997D

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

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