#4B7972#4B7972

#4B7972 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.052 H 183.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B7972
RGB	rgb(75, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(171, 23%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 38%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 5.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, -17.48, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 17.52, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% -0.0517 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.052 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7752, 16.3847, 18.4057)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B7972 #794B52

analogous

#4B795B #4B7972 #4B6979

triadic

#4B7972 #724B79 #79724B

tetradic

#4B7972 #5B4B79 #794B52 #69794B

square

#4B7972 #5B4B79 #794B52 #69794B

split-complementary

#4B7972 #794B69 #795B4B

monochromatic

#1C2D2B #34534E #4B7972 #639E95 #89B6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#4B7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#4B7972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B7972

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B7972	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.052 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa09a',
    500: '#4b7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b7972;
$custom-light: #7fa09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 23.469,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54073,
    "c": 0.05183,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B7972

secondary

#A27E83

accent

#6875C0

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B7972

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

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