#4E9977#4E9977

#4E9977 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.092 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9977
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(153, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(153, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 22.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -31.63, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 33.42, 161.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0877 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.092 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8614, 25.7326, 21.4749)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9977 #994E70

analogous

#4E9951 #4E9977 #4E9699

triadic

#4E9977 #774E99 #99774E

tetradic

#4E9977 #514E99 #994E70 #96994E

square

#4E9977 #514E99 #994E70 #96994E

split-complementary

#4E9977 #994E96 #99514E

monochromatic

#254838 #397057 #4E9977 #6FB595 #97CAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9977

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9977	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.092 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b79e',
    500: '#4e9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9977;
$custom-light: #84b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9977

secondary

#B78C9F

accent

#5F8FC9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9977

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

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