#478C8A#478C8A

#478C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.070 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478C8A
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -22.24, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 22.95, 194.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0682 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.07 193)
XYZ	xyz(16.5622, 21.9293, 27.3998)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478C8A #8C4749

analogous

#478C68 #478C8A #476C8C

triadic

#478C8A #8A478C #8C8A47

tetradic

#478C8A #68478C #8C4749 #6C8C47

square

#478C8A #68478C #8C4749 #6C8C47

split-complementary

#478C8A #8C476C #8C6847

monochromatic

#1E3B3A #326362 #478C8A #61AFAD #8AC4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#478C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#478C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478C8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478C8A	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.070 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeac',
    500: '#478c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478c8a;
$custom-light: #80aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 32.701,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59471,
    "c": 0.06996,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478C8A

secondary

#AF8081

accent

#5F62C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478C8A

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

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