#4E9779#4E9779

#4E9779 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.087 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9779
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -30.23, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 31.50, 163.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0843 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.087 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6582, 25.1320, 22.0059)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9779 #974E6C

analogous

#4E9754 #4E9779 #4E9197

triadic

#4E9779 #794E97 #97794E

tetradic

#4E9779 #544E97 #974E6C #91974E

square

#4E9779 #544E97 #974E6C #91974E

split-complementary

#4E9779 #974E91 #97544E

monochromatic

#244638 #396F59 #4E9779 #6EB497 #96C9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4E9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9779

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9779	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.087 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b69f',
    500: '#4e9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9779;
$custom-light: #84b69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.342,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62027,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9779

secondary

#B68B9D

accent

#608BC8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9779

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

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