#4E997A#4E997A

#4E997A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.089 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E997A
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(155, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -30.96, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 32.30, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0862 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.089 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0444, 25.8059, 22.4387)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E997A #994E6D

analogous

#4E9954 #4E997A #4E9399

triadic

#4E997A #7A4E99 #997A4E

tetradic

#4E997A #544E99 #994E6D #93994E

square

#4E997A #544E99 #994E6D #93994E

split-complementary

#4E997A #994E93 #99544E

monochromatic

#254839 #39705A #4E997A #6FB598 #97CAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E997A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E997A	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)

#969078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.089 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7a0',
    500: '#4e997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e997a;
$custom-light: #84b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62561,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E997A

secondary

#B78C9E

accent

#5F8BC9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E997A

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

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