#4A7172#4A7172

#4A7172 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.044 H 197.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A7172
RGB	rgb(74, 113, 114)
HSL	hsl(182, 21%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 35%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, -13.37, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 14.25, 200.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% -0.0418 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.044 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7654, 14.4803, 18.0913)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A7172 #724B4A

analogous

#4A725F #4A7172 #4A5D72

triadic

#4A7172 #724A71 #71724A

tetradic

#4A7172 #5F4A72 #724B4A #5D724A

square

#4A7172 #5F4A72 #724B4A #5D724A

split-complementary

#4A7172 #724A5D #725F4A

monochromatic

#1A2728 #324C4D #4A7172 #629697 #86AFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#4A7172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#4A7172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A7172

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A7172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A7172	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a7172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 113, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.044 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e9a9a',
    500: '#4a7172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a7172;
$custom-light: #7e9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a7172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52007,
    "c": 0.0439,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A7172

secondary

#9D7C7B

accent

#6C6ABE

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A7172

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

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