#4E997C#4E997C

#4E997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.088 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E997C
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(157, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -30.50, 8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 31.57, 165.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0853 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.088 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1696, 25.8559, 23.0981)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E997C #994E6B

analogous

#4E9956 #4E997C #4E9199

triadic

#4E997C #7C4E99 #997C4E

tetradic

#4E997C #564E99 #994E6B #91994E

square

#4E997C #564E99 #994E6B #91994E

split-complementary

#4E997C #994E91 #99564E

monochromatic

#25483A #39705B #4E997C #6FB59A #97CAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E997C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E997C	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#96907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.088 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a2',
    500: '#4e997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e997c;
$custom-light: #85b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62615,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E997C

secondary

#B78C9D

accent

#5F88C9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E997C

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

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