#4C978D#4C978D

#4C978D 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 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C978D
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -25.85, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 25.92, 184.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0764 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.077 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8528, 25.5912, 29.1402)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C978D #974C56

analogous

#4C9768 #4C978D #4C7C97

triadic

#4C978D #8D4C97 #978D4C

tetradic

#4C978D #684C97 #974C56 #7C974C

square

#4C978D #684C97 #974C56 #7C974C

split-complementary

#4C978D #974C7C #97684C

monochromatic

#234641 #386E67 #4C978D #6BB5AB #94C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4C978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4C978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C978D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C978D	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.077 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6ae',
    500: '#4c978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c978d;
$custom-light: #84b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 33.04,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C978D

secondary

#B6898F

accent

#5F6DC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C978D

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

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