#4A8970#4A8970

#4A8970 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.077 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8970
RGB	rgb(74, 137, 112)
HSL	hsl(156, 30%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(156, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 0%, 18.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -26.55, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 27.50, 164.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0744 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.077 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6931, 20.5159, 18.5118)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8970 #894A63

analogous

#4A8951 #4A8970 #4A8389

triadic

#4A8970 #704A89 #89704A

tetradic

#4A8970 #514A89 #894A63 #83894A

square

#4A8970 #514A89 #894A63 #83894A

split-complementary

#4A8970 #894A83 #89514A

monochromatic

#1F3A2F #356150 #4A8970 #65AC8F #8CC1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4A8970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4A8970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8970

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8970	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 137, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.077 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ac99',
    500: '#4a8970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8970;
$custom-light: #80ac99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.19,
    "s": 29.858,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58026,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8970

secondary

#AD8293

accent

#628AC6

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8970

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

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