#4E979F#4E979F

#4E979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.074 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E979F
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -20.48, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 23.36, 208.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0669 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.074 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4640, 26.2543, 36.7833)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E979F #9F564E

analogous

#4E9F7F #4E979F #4E6F9F

triadic

#4E979F #9F4E97 #979F4E

tetradic

#4E979F #7F4E9F #9F564E #6F9F4E

square

#4E979F #7F4E9F #9F564E #6F9F4E

split-complementary

#4E979F #9F4E6F #9F7F4E

monochromatic

#26494D #3A7076 #4E979F #71B2B9 #9AC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4E979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E979F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E979F	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.074 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bb',
    500: '#4e979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e979f;
$custom-light: #86b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.926,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.07376,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E979F

secondary

#BA938F

accent

#685ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E979F

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