#4C997E#4C997E

#4C997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.088 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C997E
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -30.55, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 31.33, 167.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0858 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.088 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1360, 25.8238, 23.7634)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C997E #994C67

analogous

#4C9958 #4C997E #4C8D99

triadic

#4C997E #7E4C99 #997E4C

tetradic

#4C997E #584C99 #994C67 #8D994C

square

#4C997E #584C99 #994C67 #8D994C

split-complementary

#4C997E #994C8D #99584C

monochromatic

#23473B #38705C #4C997E #6CB69C #95CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4C997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4C997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C997E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C997E	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)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.088 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a3',
    500: '#4c997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c997e;
$custom-light: #83b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.961,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62585,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C997E

secondary

#B78A9A

accent

#5E84CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C997E

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

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