#478B72#478B72

#478B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.080 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478B72
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(158, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -27.88, 6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 28.69, 166.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0782 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.08 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8671, 21.0185, 19.1899)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478B72 #8B4760

analogous

#478B50 #478B72 #47828B

triadic

#478B72 #72478B #8B7247

tetradic

#478B72 #50478B #8B4760 #828B47

square

#478B72 #50478B #8B4760 #828B47

split-complementary

#478B72 #8B4782 #8B5047

monochromatic

#1E3A30 #326251 #478B72 #61AE92 #89C3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#478B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#478B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478B72

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478B72	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.080 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fad9a',
    500: '#478b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478b72;
$custom-light: #7fad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 32.381,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58456,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478B72

secondary

#AE7F91

accent

#5F86C9

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #478B72

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

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