#4D9979#4D9979

#4D9979 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.091 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D9979
RGB	rgb(77, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -31.45, 9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 32.90, 162.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0874 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.091 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9015, 25.7393, 22.1103)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D9979 #994D6D

analogous

#4D9953 #4D9979 #4D9399

triadic

#4D9979 #794D99 #99794D

tetradic

#4D9979 #534D99 #994D6D #93994D

square

#4D9979 #534D99 #994D6D #93994D

split-complementary

#4D9979 #994D93 #99534D

monochromatic

#244839 #397059 #4D9979 #6DB697 #96CAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4D9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4D9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D9979

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D9979	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.091 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b79f',
    500: '#4d9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d9979;
$custom-light: #84b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 33.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D9979

secondary

#B78B9D

accent

#5F8BC9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D9979

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

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