#478D99#478D99

#478D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.073 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478D99
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -18.51, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 22.69, 215.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0628 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.073 210)
XYZ	xyz(17.8709, 22.6876, 33.5682)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478D99 #995347

analogous

#47997C #478D99 #476499

triadic

#478D99 #99478D #8D9947

tetradic

#478D99 #7C4799 #995347 #649947

square

#478D99 #7C4799 #995347 #649947

split-complementary

#478D99 #994764 #997C47

monochromatic

#204045 #34666F #478D99 #65ACB8 #8FC2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#478D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#478D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478D99

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478D99	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.073 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeb7',
    500: '#478d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478d99;
$custom-light: #81aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 36.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60274,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.22689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478D99

secondary

#B78C85

accent

#6C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #478D99

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

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