#4E978C#4E978C

#4E978C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.075 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E978C
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -25.62, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 25.65, 182.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0754 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.075 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9402, 25.6448, 28.7577)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E978C #974E59

analogous

#4E9768 #4E978C #4E7E97

triadic

#4E978C #8C4E97 #978C4E

tetradic

#4E978C #684E97 #974E59 #7E974E

square

#4E978C #684E97 #974E59 #7E974E

split-complementary

#4E978C #974E7E #97684E

monochromatic

#244641 #396F67 #4E978C #6EB4AA #96C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4E978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E978C

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E978C	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.075 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6ad',
    500: '#4e978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e978c;
$custom-light: #85b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.959,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62591,
    "c": 0.07546,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E978C

secondary

#B68B92

accent

#606FC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E978C

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

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