#4B7979#4B7979

#4B7979 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.050 H 195.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B7979
RGB	rgb(75, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(180, 23%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 38%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 0%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, -15.66, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 16.43, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0485 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.05 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1890, 16.5502, 20.5850)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B7979 #794B4B

analogous

#4B7962 #4B7979 #4B6279

triadic

#4B7979 #794B79 #79794B

tetradic

#4B7979 #624B79 #794B4B #62794B

square

#4B7979 #624B79 #794B4B #62794B

split-complementary

#4B7979 #794B62 #79624B

monochromatic

#1C2D2D #345353 #4B7979 #639E9E #89B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4B7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4B7979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B7979

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B7979	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.050 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809f9f',
    500: '#4b7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b7979;
$custom-light: #809f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 23.469,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54314,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B7979

secondary

#A27E7E

accent

#6868C0

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B7979

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

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