#4C997B#4C997B

#4C997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.090 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C997B
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(157, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -31.25, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 32.39, 164.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0872 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.09 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9453, 25.7475, 22.7592)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C997B #994C6A

analogous

#4C9954 #4C997B #4C9199

triadic

#4C997B #7B4C99 #997B4C

tetradic

#4C997B #544C99 #994C6A #91994C

square

#4C997B #544C99 #994C6A #91994C

split-complementary

#4C997B #994C91 #99544C

monochromatic

#234739 #38705A #4C997B #6CB699 #95CAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4C997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4C997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C997B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C997B	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.090 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a1',
    500: '#4c997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c997b;
$custom-light: #83b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.623,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62501,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C997B

secondary

#B78A9B

accent

#5E88CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C997B

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

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