#4E997F#4E997F

#4E997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.086 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E997F
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(159, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -29.81, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 30.51, 167.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0839 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.086 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3622, 25.9330, 24.1125)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E997F #994E68

analogous

#4E9959 #4E997F #4E8E99

triadic

#4E997F #7F4E99 #997F4E

tetradic

#4E997F #594E99 #994E68 #8E994E

square

#4E997F #594E99 #994E68 #8E994E

split-complementary

#4E997F #994E8E #99594E

monochromatic

#25483C #39705D #4E997F #6FB59D #97CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4E997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E997F

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E997F	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.086 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a4',
    500: '#4e997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e997f;
$custom-light: #85b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62699,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E997F

secondary

#B78C9B

accent

#5F84C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E997F

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

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