#4B9779#4B9779

#4B9779 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.089 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9779
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(156, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(156, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -31.01, 8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 32.20, 164.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0865 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.089 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4179, 25.0081, 21.9946)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9779 #974B69

analogous

#4B9753 #4B9779 #4B8F97

triadic

#4B9779 #794B97 #97794B

tetradic

#4B9779 #534B97 #974B69 #8F974B

square

#4B9779 #534B97 #974B69 #8F974B

split-complementary

#4B9779 #974B8F #97534B

monochromatic

#224537 #376E58 #4B9779 #6AB597 #93C9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4B9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4B9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9779

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9779	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.089 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b69f',
    500: '#4b9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9779;
$custom-light: #83b69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.316,
    "s": 33.628,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61895,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9779

secondary

#B6889A

accent

#5E89CA

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9779

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

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