#4E9D79#4E9D79

#4E9D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.096 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D79
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(153, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(153, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -33.07, 11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 35.01, 160.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0915 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.096 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6485, 27.1126, 22.3360)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D79 #9D4E72

analogous

#4E9D51 #4E9D79 #4E999D

triadic

#4E9D79 #794E9D #9D794E

tetradic

#4E9D79 #514E9D #9D4E72 #999D4E

square

#4E9D79 #514E9D #9D4E72 #999D4E

split-complementary

#4E9D79 #9D4E99 #9D514E

monochromatic

#254B3A #3A7459 #4E9D79 #70B897 #99CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E9D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4E9D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D79

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D79	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.096 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ba9f',
    500: '#4e9d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d79;
$custom-light: #85ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.658,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63549,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D79

secondary

#B98EA1

accent

#5E8FCA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D79

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

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