#4C978B#4C978B

#4C978B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.077 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C978B
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -26.36, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 26.38, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0773 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.077 182)
XYZ	xyz(18.7054, 25.5322, 28.3636)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C978B #974C58

analogous

#4C9766 #4C978B #4C7E97

triadic

#4C978B #8B4C97 #978B4C

tetradic

#4C978B #664C97 #974C58 #7E974C

square

#4C978B #664C97 #974C58 #7E974C

split-complementary

#4C978B #974C7E #97664C

monochromatic

#234640 #386E66 #4C978B #6BB5A9 #94C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4C978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4C978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C978B

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C978B	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)

#91908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.077 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6ac',
    500: '#4c978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c978b;
$custom-light: #84b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 33.04,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62472,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C978B

secondary

#B68990

accent

#5F70C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C978B

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

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