#4D997E#4D997E

#4D997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.087 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D997E
RGB	rgb(77, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -30.30, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 31.10, 166.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0851 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.087 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2160, 25.8651, 23.7672)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D997E #994D68

analogous

#4D9958 #4D997E #4D8E99

triadic

#4D997E #7E4D99 #997E4D

tetradic

#4D997E #584D99 #994D68 #8E994D

square

#4D997E #584D99 #994D68 #8E994D

split-complementary

#4D997E #994D8E #99584D

monochromatic

#24483B #39705C #4D997E #6DB69C #96CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4D997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4D997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D997E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D997E	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.087 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7a3',
    500: '#4d997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d997e;
$custom-light: #84b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.684,
    "s": 33.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62627,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D997E

secondary

#B78B9B

accent

#5F84C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D997E

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

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