#4E9979#4E9979

#4E9979 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.090 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9979
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(154, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -31.19, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 32.67, 162.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0867 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.09 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9828, 25.7812, 22.1141)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9979 #994E6E

analogous

#4E9953 #4E9979 #4E9499

triadic

#4E9979 #794E99 #99794E

tetradic

#4E9979 #534E99 #994E6E #94994E

square

#4E9979 #534E99 #994E6E #94994E

split-complementary

#4E9979 #994E94 #99534E

monochromatic

#254839 #397059 #4E9979 #6FB597 #97CAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9979

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9979	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.090 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b79f',
    500: '#4e9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9979;
$custom-light: #84b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62534,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9979

secondary

#B78C9E

accent

#5F8CC9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9979

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

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