#4C997A#4C997A

#4C997A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.091 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C997A
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(156, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -31.48, 9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 32.76, 163.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0877 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.091 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8830, 25.7226, 22.4312)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C997A #994C6B

analogous

#4C9954 #4C997A #4C9199

triadic

#4C997A #7A4C99 #997A4C

tetradic

#4C997A #544C99 #994C6B #91994C

square

#4C997A #544C99 #994C6B #91994C

split-complementary

#4C997A #994C91 #99544C

monochromatic

#234739 #387059 #4C997A #6CB698 #95CAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4C997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4C997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C997A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C997A	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.091 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a0',
    500: '#4c997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c997a;
$custom-light: #83b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.844,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62474,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C997A

secondary

#B78A9C

accent

#5E89CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C997A

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

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