#478C8D#478C8D

#478C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.070 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478C8D
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -21.41, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 22.61, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0668 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.07 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7824, 22.0174, 28.5595)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478C8D #8D4847

analogous

#478D6B #478C8D #47698D

triadic

#478C8D #8D478C #8C8D47

tetradic

#478C8D #6B478D #8D4847 #698D47

square

#478C8D #6B478D #8D4847 #698D47

split-complementary

#478C8D #8D4769 #8D6B47

monochromatic

#1E3B3C #336464 #478C8D #62AFB0 #8AC3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#478C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#478C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478C8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478C8D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.070 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeae',
    500: '#478c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478c8d;
$custom-light: #80aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59578,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478C8D

secondary

#B08180

accent

#605FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478C8D

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

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