#4A9779#4A9779

#4A9779 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.090 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9779
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(157, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 19.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -31.27, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 32.43, 164.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0872 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.09 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3403, 24.9681, 21.9910)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9779 #974A68

analogous

#4A9753 #4A9779 #4A8F97

triadic

#4A9779 #794A97 #97794A

tetradic

#4A9779 #534A97 #974A68 #8F974A

square

#4A9779 #534A97 #974A68 #8F974A

split-complementary

#4A9779 #974A8F #97534A

monochromatic

#224537 #366E58 #4A9779 #69B598 #92CAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4A9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9779

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9779	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88857B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.090 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b69f',
    500: '#4a9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9779;
$custom-light: #82b69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.623,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61853,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9779

secondary

#B68799

accent

#5D88CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9779

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

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