#4E979A#4E979A

#4E979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.073 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E979A
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -21.88, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 23.52, 201.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0691 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.073 199)
XYZ	xyz(20.0389, 26.0843, 34.5443)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E979A #9A514E

analogous

#4E9A77 #4E979A #4E719A

triadic

#4E979A #9A4E97 #979A4E

tetradic

#4E979A #774E9A #9A514E #719A4E

square

#4E979A #774E9A #9A514E #719A4E

split-complementary

#4E979A #9A4E71 #9A774E

monochromatic

#254749 #396F71 #4E979A #6FB3B6 #98C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E979A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E979A	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.073 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b7',
    500: '#4e979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e979a;
$custom-light: #86b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63067,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.26086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E979A

secondary

#B78E8D

accent

#635FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E979A

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

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