#4E978F#4E978F

#4E978F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.074 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E978F
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -24.84, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 25.00, 186.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.074 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.074 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1644, 25.7345, 29.9386)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E978F #974E56

analogous

#4E976B #4E978F #4E7A97

triadic

#4E978F #8F4E97 #978F4E

tetradic

#4E978F #6B4E97 #974E56 #7A974E

square

#4E978F #6B4E97 #974E56 #7A974E

split-complementary

#4E978F #974E7A #976B4E

monochromatic

#244643 #396F69 #4E978F #6EB4AC #96C9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E978F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E978F	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.074 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6af',
    500: '#4e978f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e978f;
$custom-light: #85b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.425,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62688,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E978F

secondary

#B68B90

accent

#606BC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E978F

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

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