#4E979B#4E979B

#4E979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.073 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E979B
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -21.61, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 23.46, 202.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0687 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.073 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1225, 26.1177, 34.9848)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E979B #9B524E

analogous

#4E9B78 #4E979B #4E709B

triadic

#4E979B #9B4E97 #979B4E

tetradic

#4E979B #784E9B #9B524E #709B4E

square

#4E979B #784E9B #9B524E #709B4E

split-complementary

#4E979B #9B4E70 #9B784E

monochromatic

#25484A #3A6F72 #4E979B #6FB3B7 #98C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E979B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E979B	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#8E919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.073 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b8',
    500: '#4e979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e979b;
$custom-light: #86b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63103,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E979B

secondary

#B88F8D

accent

#645FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E979B

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

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