#4B797B#4B797B

#4B797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.050 H 199.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B797B
RGB	rgb(75, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(183, 24%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 39%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, -15.13, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 16.30, 201.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0476 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.05 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3129, 16.5998, 21.2376)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B797B #7B4D4B

analogous

#4B7B65 #4B797B #4B617B

triadic

#4B797B #7B4B79 #797B4B

tetradic

#4B797B #654B7B #7B4D4B #617B4B

square

#4B797B #654B7B #7B4D4B #617B4B

split-complementary

#4B797B #7B4B61 #7B654B

monochromatic

#1D2E2F #345455 #4B797B #639DA0 #89B5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#4B797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#4B797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B797B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B797B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#377C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.050 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809fa1',
    500: '#4b797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b797b;
$custom-light: #809fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54386,
    "c": 0.05044,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B797B

secondary

#A4807E

accent

#6B67C1

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B797B

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

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