#4E978A#4E978A

#4E978A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.076 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E978A
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -26.13, -0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 26.13, 180.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0763 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.076 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7940, 25.5863, 27.9881)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E978A #974E5B

analogous

#4E9765 #4E978A #4E8097

triadic

#4E978A #8A4E97 #978A4E

tetradic

#4E978A #654E97 #974E5B #80974E

square

#4E978A #654E97 #974E5B #80974E

split-complementary

#4E978A #974E80 #97654E

monochromatic

#244640 #396F65 #4E978A #6EB4A8 #96C9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4E978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E978A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E978A	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.076 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6ac',
    500: '#4e978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e978a;
$custom-light: #85b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62527,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E978A

secondary

#B68B93

accent

#6072C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E978A

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

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