#4A7972#4A7972

#4A7972 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.053 H 183.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A7972
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(171, 24%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 39%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, -17.78, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 17.82, 183.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% -0.0526 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.053 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6976, 16.3447, 18.4021)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A7972 #794A51

analogous

#4A795A #4A7972 #4A6879

triadic

#4A7972 #724A79 #79724A

tetradic

#4A7972 #5A4A79 #794A51 #68794A

square

#4A7972 #5A4A79 #794A51 #68794A

split-complementary

#4A7972 #794A68 #795A4A

monochromatic

#1C2D2A #33534E #4A7972 #629F96 #87B6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#4A7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#4A7972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A7972

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A7972	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#397B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.053 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa09a',
    500: '#4a7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a7972;
$custom-light: #7fa09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 24.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54017,
    "c": 0.05274,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A7972

secondary

#A27D82

accent

#6775C1

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A7972

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

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