#4E978E#4E978E

#4E978E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.075 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E978E
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -25.10, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 25.21, 185.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0745 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.075 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0890, 25.7043, 29.5414)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E978E #974E57

analogous

#4E976A #4E978E #4E7B97

triadic

#4E978E #8E4E97 #978E4E

tetradic

#4E978E #6A4E97 #974E57 #7B974E

square

#4E978E #6A4E97 #974E57 #7B974E

split-complementary

#4E978E #974E7B #976A4E

monochromatic

#244642 #396F68 #4E978E #6EB4AB #96C9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4E978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E978E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E978E	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)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.075 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6af',
    500: '#4e978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e978e;
$custom-light: #85b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.603,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E978E

secondary

#B68B90

accent

#606DC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E978E

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

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