#4E979C#4E979C

#4E979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.073 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E979C
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -21.33, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 23.41, 204.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0682 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.073 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2069, 26.1515, 35.4289)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E979C #9C534E

analogous

#4E9C7A #4E979C #4E709C

triadic

#4E979C #9C4E97 #979C4E

tetradic

#4E979C #7A4E9C #9C534E #709C4E

square

#4E979C #7A4E9C #9C534E #709C4E

split-complementary

#4E979C #9C4E70 #9C7A4E

monochromatic

#25484A #3A7073 #4E979C #70B3B7 #99C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E979C

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E979C	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.073 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5b9',
    500: '#4e979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e979c;
$custom-light: #86b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63139,
    "c": 0.07325,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E979C

secondary

#B8908D

accent

#655EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E979C

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