#4C997D#4C997D

#4C997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.088 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C997D
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -30.78, 7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 31.68, 166.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0863 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.088 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0718, 25.7981, 23.4253)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C997D #994C68

analogous

#4C9957 #4C997D #4C8E99

triadic

#4C997D #7D4C99 #997D4C

tetradic

#4C997D #574C99 #994C68 #8E994C

square

#4C997D #574C99 #994C68 #8E994C

split-complementary

#4C997D #994C8E #99574C

monochromatic

#23473A #38705C #4C997D #6CB69B #95CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4C997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4C997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C997D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C997D	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.088 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a2',
    500: '#4c997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c997d;
$custom-light: #83b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62557,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C997D

secondary

#B78A9A

accent

#5E85CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C997D

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

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