#4E997D#4E997D

#4E997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.087 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E997D
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(158, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -30.27, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 31.21, 165.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0848 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.087 167)
XYZ	xyz(18.2332, 25.8814, 23.4328)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E997D #994E6A

analogous

#4E9957 #4E997D #4E9099

triadic

#4E997D #7D4E99 #997D4E

tetradic

#4E997D #574E99 #994E6A #90994E

square

#4E997D #574E99 #994E6A #90994E

split-complementary

#4E997D #994E90 #99574E

monochromatic

#25483B #39705C #4E997D #6FB59B #97CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E997D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E997D	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.087 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a2',
    500: '#4e997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e997d;
$custom-light: #85b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62643,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.25883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E997D

secondary

#B78C9C

accent

#5F87C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E997D

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

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