#4B997D#4B997D

#4B997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.089 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B997D
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -31.04, 7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 31.91, 166.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.087 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.089 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9929, 25.7575, 23.4216)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B997D #994B67

analogous

#4B9956 #4B997D #4B8E99

triadic

#4B997D #7D4B99 #997D4B

tetradic

#4B997D #564B99 #994B67 #8E994B

square

#4B997D #564B99 #994B67 #8E994B

split-complementary

#4B997D #994B8E #99564B

monochromatic

#23473A #37705B #4B997D #6BB69B #94CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4B997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4B997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B997D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B997D	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)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.089 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a2',
    500: '#4b997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b997d;
$custom-light: #83b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.462,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62514,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B997D

secondary

#B78999

accent

#5E85CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B997D

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

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