#4F9797#4F9797

#4F9797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.072 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F9797
RGB	rgb(79, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -22.47, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 23.53, 197.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0697 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.072 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8747, 26.0282, 33.2487)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F9797 #974F4F

analogous

#4F9773 #4F9797 #4F7397

triadic

#4F9797 #974F97 #97974F

tetradic

#4F9797 #734F97 #974F4F #73974F

square

#4F9797 #734F97 #974F4F #73974F

split-complementary

#4F9797 #974F73 #97734F

monochromatic

#254747 #3A6F6F #4F9797 #6FB4B4 #98C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4F9797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4F9797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F9797

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F9797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F9797	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f9797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.072 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b5',
    500: '#4f9797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f9797;
$custom-light: #86b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f9797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 31.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F9797

secondary

#B68C8C

accent

#6060C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F9797

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

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