#4F797B#4F797B

#4F797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.047 H 199.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F797B
RGB	rgb(79, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(183, 22%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 36%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, -13.96, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 15.09, 202.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% -0.044 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.047 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6357, 16.7662, 21.2527)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F797B #7B514F

analogous

#4F7B67 #4F797B #4F637B

triadic

#4F797B #7B4F79 #797B4F

tetradic

#4F797B #674F7B #7B514F #637B4F

square

#4F797B #674F7B #7B514F #637B4F

split-complementary

#4F797B #7B4F63 #7B674F

monochromatic

#1F3030 #375456 #4F797B #699C9E #8EB5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#4F797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4F797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F797B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F797B	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.047 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fa1',
    500: '#4f797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f797b;
$custom-light: #829fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 21.782,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54613,
    "c": 0.04668,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F797B

secondary

#A38482

accent

#6D69BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F797B

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

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