#4B978D#4B978D

#4B978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.077 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B978D
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -26.09, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 26.16, 184.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0771 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.077 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7740, 25.5505, 29.1365)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B978D #974B55

analogous

#4B9767 #4B978D #4B7B97

triadic

#4B978D #8D4B97 #978D4B

tetradic

#4B978D #674B97 #974B55 #7B974B

square

#4B978D #674B97 #974B55 #7B974B

split-complementary

#4B978D #974B7B #97674B

monochromatic

#224541 #376E67 #4B978D #6AB5AB #93C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4B978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4B978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B978D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B978D	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)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.077 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ae',
    500: '#4b978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b978d;
$custom-light: #83b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 33.628,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B978D

secondary

#B6888E

accent

#5E6CCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B978D

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

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