#4A997F#4A997F

#4A997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.088 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A997F
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(160, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -30.81, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 31.45, 168.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0867 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.088 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0443, 25.7691, 24.0976)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A997F #994A64

analogous

#4A9957 #4A997F #4A8C99

triadic

#4A997F #7F4A99 #997F4A

tetradic

#4A997F #574A99 #994A64 #8C994A

square

#4A997F #574A99 #994A64 #8C994A

split-complementary

#4A997F #994A8C #99574A

monochromatic

#22473B #36705D #4A997F #6AB79D #93CBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4A997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A997F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A997F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#95907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.088 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7a4',
    500: '#4a997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a997f;
$custom-light: #82b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.253,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62529,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A997F

secondary

#B78897

accent

#5D81CB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A997F

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

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