#4A9979#4A9979

#4A9979 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.093 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9979
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(156, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -32.21, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 33.58, 163.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0896 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.093 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6649, 25.6173, 22.0992)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9979 #994A6A

analogous

#4A9951 #4A9979 #4A9299

triadic

#4A9979 #794A99 #99794A

tetradic

#4A9979 #514A99 #994A6A #92994A

square

#4A9979 #514A99 #994A6A #92994A

split-complementary

#4A9979 #994A92 #99514A

monochromatic

#224738 #367058 #4A9979 #6AB797 #93CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4A9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9979

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9979	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.093 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b79f',
    500: '#4a9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9979;
$custom-light: #82b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.696,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62363,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9979

secondary

#B7889B

accent

#5D89CB

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9979

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

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