#4A979E#4A979E

#4A979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.076 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A979E
RGB	rgb(74, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -21.66, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 24.28, 206.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0702 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.076 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0597, 26.0559, 36.3133)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A979E #9E514A

analogous

#4A9E7B #4A979E #4A6D9E

triadic

#4A979E #9E4A97 #979E4A

tetradic

#4A979E #7B4A9E #9E514A #6D9E4A

square

#4A979E #7B4A9E #9E514A #6D9E4A

split-complementary

#4A979E #9E4A6D #9E7B4A

monochromatic

#23474B #366F74 #4A979E #6BB3BA #95C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4A979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4A979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A979E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A979E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.076 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6ba',
    500: '#4a979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a979e;
$custom-light: #84b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63045,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A979E

secondary

#B98E8A

accent

#655CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A979E

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