#4A979A#4A979A

#4A979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.076 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A979A
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -22.79, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 24.46, 201.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.072 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.076 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7210, 25.9204, 34.5294)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A979A #9A4D4A

analogous

#4A9A75 #4A979A #4A6F9A

triadic

#4A979A #9A4A97 #979A4A

tetradic

#4A979A #754A9A #9A4D4A #6F9A4A

square

#4A979A #754A9A #9A4D4A #6F9A4A

split-complementary

#4A979A #9A4A6F #9A754A

monochromatic

#224647 #366E71 #4A979A #6AB4B7 #93C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4A979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4A979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A979A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A979A	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)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.076 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b7',
    500: '#4a979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a979a;
$custom-light: #84b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.25,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62898,
    "c": 0.07602,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A979A

secondary

#B78A89

accent

#615DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A979A

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