#4E997E#4E997E

#4E997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.086 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E997E
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -30.04, 7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 30.86, 166.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0843 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.086 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2974, 25.9070, 23.7710)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E997E #994E69

analogous

#4E9958 #4E997E #4E8F99

triadic

#4E997E #7E4E99 #997E4E

tetradic

#4E997E #584E99 #994E69 #8F994E

square

#4E997E #584E99 #994E69 #8F994E

split-complementary

#4E997E #994E8F #99584E

monochromatic

#25483B #39705D #4E997E #6FB59C #97CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E997E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E997E	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)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.086 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a3',
    500: '#4e997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e997e;
$custom-light: #85b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62671,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E997E

secondary

#B78C9B

accent

#5F85C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E997E

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

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