#4E9972#4E9972

#4E9972 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.096 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9972
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(149, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(149, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 25.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -32.72, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 35.38, 157.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0901 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.096 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5690, 25.6157, 19.9348)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9972 #994E75

analogous

#4F994E #4E9972 #4E9998

triadic

#4E9972 #724E99 #99724E

tetradic

#4E9972 #4E4F99 #994E75 #99984E

square

#4E9972 #4E4F99 #994E75 #99984E

split-complementary

#4E9972 #984E99 #994E4F

monochromatic

#254836 #397054 #4E9972 #6FB591 #97CAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4E9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9972

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9972	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.096 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b79a',
    500: '#4e9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9972;
$custom-light: #84b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62353,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9972

secondary

#B78CA2

accent

#5F96C9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9972

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

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