#478D8A#478D8A

#478D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.071 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478D8A
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -22.76, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 23.35, 192.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0694 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.071 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7090, 22.2229, 27.4487)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478D8A #8D474A

analogous

#478D67 #478D8A #476D8D

triadic

#478D8A #8A478D #8D8A47

tetradic

#478D8A #67478D #8D474A #6D8D47

square

#478D8A #67478D #8D474A #6D8D47

split-complementary

#478D8A #8D476D #8D6747

monochromatic

#1E3C3A #336462 #478D8A #62B0AC #8AC4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#478D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#478D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478D8A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478D8A	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.071 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeac',
    500: '#478d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478d8a;
$custom-light: #80aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59722,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478D8A

secondary

#B08082

accent

#5F63C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478D8A

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

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