#478E82#478E82

#478E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.074 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478E82
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -25.40, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 25.41, 181.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0743 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.074 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2991, 22.2959, 24.5594)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478E82 #8E4753

analogous

#478E5F #478E82 #47778E

triadic

#478E82 #82478E #8E8247

tetradic

#478E82 #5F478E #8E4753 #778E47

square

#478E82 #5F478E #8E4753 #778E47

split-complementary

#478E82 #8E4777 #8E5F47

monochromatic

#1E3C37 #33655D #478E82 #62B0A3 #8BC5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#478E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#478E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478E82

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478E82	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.074 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa6',
    500: '#478e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478e82;
$custom-light: #80afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59706,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478E82

secondary

#B08089

accent

#5E70C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478E82

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

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