#4E997B#4E997B

#4E997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.089 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E997B
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -30.73, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 31.93, 164.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0858 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.089 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1067, 25.8308, 22.7667)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E997B #994E6C

analogous

#4E9955 #4E997B #4E9299

triadic

#4E997B #7B4E99 #997B4E

tetradic

#4E997B #554E99 #994E6C #92994E

square

#4E997B #554E99 #994E6C #92994E

split-complementary

#4E997B #994E92 #99554E

monochromatic

#25483A #39705A #4E997B #6FB599 #97CAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E997B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E997B	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.089 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7a1',
    500: '#4e997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e997b;
$custom-light: #84b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62588,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E997B

secondary

#B78C9D

accent

#5F89C9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E997B

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

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