#4C9799#4C9799

#4C9799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.075 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9799
RGB	rgb(76, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -22.62, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 24.07, 199.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.071 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.075 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7945, 25.9679, 34.1000)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9799 #994E4C

analogous

#4C9974 #4C9799 #4C7199

triadic

#4C9799 #994C97 #97994C

tetradic

#4C9799 #744C99 #994E4C #71994C

square

#4C9799 #744C99 #994E4C #71994C

split-complementary

#4C9799 #994C71 #99744C

monochromatic

#234647 #386F70 #4C9799 #6CB4B6 #95C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4C9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4C9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9799

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9799	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.075 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6b7',
    500: '#4c9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9799;
$custom-light: #85b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62946,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9799

secondary

#B78B8A

accent

#615ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9799

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

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