#4A997E#4A997E

#4A997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.089 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A997E
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -31.05, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 31.79, 167.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0872 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.089 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9795, 25.7431, 23.7561)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A997E #994A65

analogous

#4A9957 #4A997E #4A8D99

triadic

#4A997E #7E4A99 #997E4A

tetradic

#4A997E #574A99 #994A65 #8D994A

square

#4A997E #574A99 #994A65 #8D994A

split-complementary

#4A997E #994A8D #99574A

monochromatic

#22473A #36705C #4A997E #6AB79C #93CBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4A997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4A997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A997E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A997E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.089 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7a3',
    500: '#4a997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a997e;
$custom-light: #82b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.494,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62501,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A997E

secondary

#B78898

accent

#5D83CB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A997E

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

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