#4C9797#4C9797

#4C9797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.075 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9797
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -23.17, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 24.26, 197.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0719 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.075 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6307, 25.9024, 33.2373)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9797 #974C4C

analogous

#4C9772 #4C9797 #4C7297

triadic

#4C9797 #974C97 #97974C

tetradic

#4C9797 #724C97 #974C4C #72974C

square

#4C9797 #724C97 #974C4C #72974C

split-complementary

#4C9797 #974C72 #97724C

monochromatic

#234646 #386E6E #4C9797 #6BB5B5 #94C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4C9797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4C9797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9797

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9797	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.075 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b5',
    500: '#4c9797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9797;
$custom-light: #84b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.04,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9797

secondary

#B68989

accent

#5F5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9797

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

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