#4F997B#4F997B

#4F997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.088 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F997B
RGB	rgb(79, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -30.47, 8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 31.70, 164.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.085 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.088 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1893, 25.8733, 22.7706)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F997B #994F6D

analogous

#4F9956 #4F997B #4F9299

triadic

#4F997B #7B4F99 #997B4F

tetradic

#4F997B #564F99 #994F6D #92994F

square

#4F997B #564F99 #994F6D #92994F

split-complementary

#4F997B #994F92 #99564F

monochromatic

#25483A #3A715B #4F997B #70B599 #98CAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4F997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4F997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F997B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F997B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.088 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a1',
    500: '#4f997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f997b;
$custom-light: #85b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.676,
    "s": 31.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62632,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F997B

secondary

#B78D9E

accent

#608AC8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F997B

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

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