#4C998E#4C998E

#4C998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.078 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C998E
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -26.59, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 26.63, 183.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0783 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.078 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2522, 26.2703, 29.6421)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C998E #994C57

analogous

#4C9968 #4C998E #4C7D99

triadic

#4C998E #8E4C99 #998E4C

tetradic

#4C998E #684C99 #994C57 #7D994C

square

#4C998E #684C99 #994C57 #7D994C

split-complementary

#4C998E #994C7D #99684C

monochromatic

#234742 #387068 #4C998E #6CB6AB #95CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4C998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4C998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C998E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C998E	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.078 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7af',
    500: '#4c998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c998e;
$custom-light: #84b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63067,
    "c": 0.07843,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C998E

secondary

#B78A90

accent

#5E6DCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C998E

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

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