#4E9F79#4E9F79

#4E9F79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9F79
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -34.01, 12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 36.19, 160.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0939 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.099 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9896, 27.7949, 22.4497)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9F79 #9F4E74

analogous

#4E9F51 #4E9F79 #4E9D9F

triadic

#4E9F79 #794E9F #9F794E

tetradic

#4E9F79 #514E9F #9F4E74 #9D9F4E

square

#4E9F79 #514E9F #9F4E74 #9D9F4E

split-complementary

#4E9F79 #9F4E9D #9F514E

monochromatic

#264D3B #3A765A #4E9F79 #71B997 #9ACDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E9F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E9F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9F79

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9F79	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bc9f',
    500: '#4e9f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9f79;
$custom-light: #85bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.852,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64057,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9F79

secondary

#BA8FA3

accent

#5E91CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9F79

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

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