#4E978B#4E978B

#4E978B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.076 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E978B
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -25.88, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 25.89, 181.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0758 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.076 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8668, 25.6154, 28.3711)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E978B #974E5A

analogous

#4E9767 #4E978B #4E7F97

triadic

#4E978B #8B4E97 #978B4E

tetradic

#4E978B #674E97 #974E5A #7F974E

square

#4E978B #674E97 #974E5A #7F974E

split-complementary

#4E978B #974E7F #97674E

monochromatic

#244641 #396F66 #4E978B #6EB4A9 #96C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4E978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E978B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E978B	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)

#91908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.076 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6ac',
    500: '#4e978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e978b;
$custom-light: #85b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.137,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62558,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E978B

secondary

#B68B92

accent

#6071C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E978B

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

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