#4E9978#4E9978

#4E9978 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.091 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9978
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(154, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 21.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -31.41, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 33.05, 161.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0872 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.091 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9218, 25.7568, 21.7928)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9978 #994E6F

analogous

#4E9952 #4E9978 #4E9599

triadic

#4E9978 #784E99 #99784E

tetradic

#4E9978 #524E99 #994E6F #95994E

square

#4E9978 #524E99 #994E6F #95994E

split-complementary

#4E9978 #994E95 #99524E

monochromatic

#254838 #397058 #4E9978 #6FB596 #97CAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E9978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E9978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9978

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9978	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#979076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.091 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b79f',
    500: '#4e9978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9978;
$custom-light: #84b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62507,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9978

secondary

#B78C9F

accent

#5F8EC9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9978

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

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