#4F997C#4F997C

#4F997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.087 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F997C
RGB	rgb(79, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -30.24, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 31.33, 164.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0845 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.087 166)
XYZ	xyz(18.2522, 25.8985, 23.1020)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F997C #994F6C

analogous

#4F9957 #4F997C #4F9199

triadic

#4F997C #7C4F99 #997C4F

tetradic

#4F997C #574F99 #994F6C #91994F

square

#4F997C #574F99 #994F6C #91994F

split-complementary

#4F997C #994F91 #99574F

monochromatic

#25483B #3A715B #4F997C #70B59A #98CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4F997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4F997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F997C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F997C	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.087 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7a2',
    500: '#4f997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f997c;
$custom-light: #85b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.486,
    "s": 31.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62659,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F997C

secondary

#B78D9D

accent

#6089C8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F997C

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

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