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#4f7463

a dark, soft green · cool · closest name: Teal

Token name suggestion: Slate Fern

RGB
79, 116, 99
HSL
152°, 19%, 38%
CMYK
32, 0, 15, 55
Luminance
0.1505

#4f7463 is a dark soft green, 152° on the wheel and 64/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.24:1). As text it scores 5.24:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Teal, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(152 19% 38%)rgb(79 116 99)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #4f7463 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#4f7463
Hue
152°
green
Saturation
19%
soft
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
45%
HSV value
Perceived
41%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1505
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
64/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.24:1
Closest name
Teal
ΔE2000 11.6
Chroma
17.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.526
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 16.6
Web-safe
#666666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue152° of 360°
Saturation19%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #4f7463.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool64% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green83%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#4f7463
HEX (8-digit)#4f7463ff
RGBrgb(79, 116, 99)
RGBArgba(79, 116, 99, 1)
HSLhsl(152, 19%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152, 32%, 45%)
HWBhwb(152 31% 55%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 15%, 55%)
LABlab(45.7 -17.1 5.2)
LCHlch(45.7 17.9 163.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.526 0.050 164.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(11.72, 15.05, 14.09)
Decimal5207139
Display P3color(display-p3 0.310 0.455 0.388)
Web-safe#666666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #4f7463;
background-color: #4f7463;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #4f7463;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#4f7463] bg-[#4f7463]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #4f7463;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.310, green: 0.455, blue: 0.388)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.310, green: 0.455, blue: 0.388, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#4F7463</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF4F7463)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF4F7463)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(99, 116, 79)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(79, 116, 99)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(79, 116, 99)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 79, 116, 99)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3098f, 0.4549f, 0.3882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{79,116,99}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #4f7463 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #4f7463 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#344C41, #DBE6E1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #4f7463 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F8F7;
  --brand-100: #EDF2F0;
  --brand-200: #D8E3DE;
  --brand-300: #BCD2C8;
  --brand-400: #9BBBAC;
  --brand-500: #79A491;
  --brand-600: #63927C;
  --brand-700: #4f7463;
  --brand-800: #426153;
  --brand-900: #33483E;
  --brand-950: #202D27;
  --brand: #4f7463;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F7;
  --brand-border: #CEDED7;
  --brand-hover: #405F51;
  --brand-pressed: #32493F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #17211C;
    --brand-ink: #DBE6E1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F7',
        100: '#EDF2F0',
        200: '#D8E3DE',
        300: '#BCD2C8',
        400: '#9BBBAC',
        500: '#79A491',
        600: '#63927C',
        700: '#4f7463',
        800: '#426153',
        900: '#33483E',
        950: '#202D27',
        DEFAULT: '#4f7463',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F7,
  '100': #EDF2F0,
  '200': #D8E3DE,
  '300': #BCD2C8,
  '400': #9BBBAC,
  '500': #79A491,
  '600': #63927C,
  '700': #4f7463,
  '800': #426153,
  '900': #33483E,
  '950': #202D27,
);
$brand-base: #4f7463;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF2F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8E3DE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BCD2C8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9BBBAC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#79A491", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#63927C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4f7463", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#426153", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#33483E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#202D27", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #4f7463 · 5.24:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.24:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.01:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #4f7463 as text scores 5.24:1 on white and 4.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F0F5F2 at 4.75:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#4f7463 · 5.24:1
AA on whitealready passes
#4f7463
The quick fox
#405F51 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−7% L
#405F51
The quick fox
#557D6B · 4.53:1
AA on black+3% L
#557D6B
The quick fox
#74A08C · 7.15:1
AAA on black+16% L
#74A08C

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4F7463 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#4f7463 on white: 5.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#4f7463 on black: 4.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #4f7463 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #4f7463.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.24:1AaAa
Slate 505.00:1AaAa
Slate 1004.78:1AaAa
Slate 2004.25:1AaAa
Slate 3003.53:1AaAa
Slate 4002.04:1AaAa
Slate 5001.10:1AaAa
Slate 6001.45:1AaAa
Slate 7001.98:1AaAa
Slate 8002.79:1AaAa
Slate 9003.41:1AaAa
Black4.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #736F62
deuteranopia · #6C6A64
tritanopia · #47746F

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #4f7463 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F8F7
#EDF2F0
#D8E3DE
#BCD2C8
#9BBBAC
#79A491
#63927C
#4f7463
#426153
#33483E
#202D27
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F7Darkest = 950 · #202D27Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.013 164.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 164.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.030 164.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.039 164.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.046 164.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.050 164.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.050 164.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.047 164.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.042 164.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.035 164.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 164.3);
}

Colors that work with #4f7463

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F6F9F7
Tinted page background
Border#CEDED7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5D8974
Captions on the surface
Accent#784B6B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#344C41
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F5F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#17211C
Dark-mode background
Hover#405F51
One step down in lightness
Pressed#32493F
Two steps down
Disabled#86AD9B
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#4C8B6E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #4f7463

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight62/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#744F60
Analogous left#4F7450
Analogous right#4F7274
Split-complement 1#744F72
Split-complement 2#74504F
Triadic 1#634F74
Triadic 2#74634F
Tetradic#504F74
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°152°

#4f7463 sits at 152°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red31.0%
Green45.5%
Blue38.8%
R · 0–255
79
0x4f
G · 0–255
116
0x74
B · 0–255
99
0x63

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow14.7%
Key (black)54.5%

Total ink coverage is 101%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#4f7463 text on a black background

contrast 4.01:1

Card sample

#4f7463 text on a white background

contrast 5.24:1

Card sample

#4f7463 on grey

4.78:1

#4f7463 on its own surface

4.94:1

#4f7463 on its dark surface

3.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #4f7463;
Background color
Panel with #4f7463 background
background-color: #4f7463;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #4f7463;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(79, 116, 99, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(79, 116, 99, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #4f7463;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4f7463, #4F6C74);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #4f7463, #4F6374);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #4f7463;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #4f7463;
caret-color: #4f7463;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #4f7463;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F5F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #4f7463;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#4f7463 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #4f7463 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(79, 116, 99, 0.5)
rgb(79 116 99 / 50%)
#4f746380
hsl(152 19% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #4f7463 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#4f74631a#EDF1EF
20%#4f746333#DCE3E0
40%#4f746366#B9C7C1
60%#4f746399#95ACA1
80%#4f7463cc#729082

Gradients from #4f7463

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #689882, #4f7463 45%, #344C41);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #4f7463, #435962);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #4f7463, #744F60);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7AA591 0%, #4f7463 45%, #344C41 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #669264 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #5B8186 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #344C41 0%, transparent 65%), #4f7463;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #4f7463

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#4f7463 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.01:1 — lift it to #557D6B for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#4f7463, answered

What color is #4f7463?

#4f7463 is a dark soft green, closest to Teal (ΔE2000 11.6). It sits at 152° on the hue wheel with 19% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #4f7463?

rgb(79, 116, 99) — 79 red, 116 green and 99 blue out of 255, or 31% / 45.5% / 38.8% by channel.

What is #4f7463 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(152, 19%, 38%) and hsv(152, 32%, 45%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #4f7463 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1505 and perceived brightness is 41%, so white text on it reaches 5.24:1.

Should I use black or white text on #4f7463?

White. It scores 5.24:1 against #4f7463, versus 4.01:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #4f7463 accessible on a white background?

#4f7463 on white scores 5.24:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #4f7463?

#744F60 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #744F72 and #74504F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #4f7463?

For interface work: #F6F9F7 as the surface, #CEDED7 for borders, #5D8974 for secondary text, #784B6B as an accent and #344C41 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4F7450 and #4F7274 stays calm, while #744F60 is the loudest partner.

What is #4f7463 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(32%, 0%, 15%, 55%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #4f7463 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 64 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #4F7455; nudged cooler, #4D7672.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #4f7463?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 16.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #4f7463 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #4f7463 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#4f7463] or text-[#4f7463], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #4f7463 with 50% opacity?

rgba(79, 116, 99, 0.5), or #4f746380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A7BAB1; over black, #283A32.

Is #4f7463 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666666, ΔE2000 16.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #4f7463 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #4f7463?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #689882, #4f7463 45%, #344C41). For more colour, a short hue run to #435962 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #4f7463 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #4f7463 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.