#4E979D#4E979D

#4E979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.073 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E979D
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -21.05, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 23.38, 205.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0678 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.073 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2919, 26.1855, 35.8767)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E979D #9D544E

analogous

#4E9D7B #4E979D #4E6F9D

triadic

#4E979D #9D4E97 #979D4E

tetradic

#4E979D #7B4E9D #9D544E #6F9D4E

square

#4E979D #7B4E9D #9D544E #6F9D4E

split-complementary

#4E979D #9D4E6F #9D7B4E

monochromatic

#25484B #3A7074 #4E979D #70B3B8 #99C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4E979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E979D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E979D	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.073 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5b9',
    500: '#4e979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e979d;
$custom-light: #86b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.557,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63175,
    "c": 0.07339,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E979D

secondary

#B9918E

accent

#665ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E979D

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

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