#4E978D#4E978D

#4E978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.075 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E978D
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -25.36, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 25.42, 184.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0749 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.075 184)
XYZ	xyz(19.0142, 25.6744, 29.1478)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E978D #974E58

analogous

#4E9769 #4E978D #4E7C97

triadic

#4E978D #8D4E97 #978D4E

tetradic

#4E978D #694E97 #974E58 #7C974E

square

#4E978D #694E97 #974E58 #7C974E

split-complementary

#4E978D #974E7C #97694E

monochromatic

#244642 #396F67 #4E978D #6EB4AB #96C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4E978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E978D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E978D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.075 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6ae',
    500: '#4e978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e978d;
$custom-light: #85b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.781,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62623,
    "c": 0.07509,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.25676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E978D

secondary

#B68B91

accent

#606EC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E978D

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

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