#4B978B#4B978B

#4B978B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.078 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B978B
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -26.61, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 26.62, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.078 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.078 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6265, 25.4915, 28.3599)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B978B #974B57

analogous

#4B9765 #4B978B #4B7D97

triadic

#4B978B #8B4B97 #978B4B

tetradic

#4B978B #654B97 #974B57 #7D974B

square

#4B978B #654B97 #974B57 #7D974B

split-complementary

#4B978B #974B7D #97654B

monochromatic

#224540 #376E65 #4B978B #6AB5A9 #93C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4B978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4B978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B978B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B978B	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)

#91908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.078 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ac',
    500: '#4b978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b978b;
$custom-light: #83b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 33.628,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62429,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B978B

secondary

#B6888F

accent

#5E6FCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B978B

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

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