#478E84#478E84

#478E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.073 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478E84
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -24.88, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 24.93, 183.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0733 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.073 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4347, 22.3501, 25.2733)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478E84 #8E4751

analogous

#478E61 #478E84 #47758E

triadic

#478E84 #84478E #8E8447

tetradic

#478E84 #61478E #8E4751 #758E47

square

#478E84 #61478E #8E4751 #758E47

split-complementary

#478E84 #8E4775 #8E6147

monochromatic

#1E3C38 #33655E #478E84 #62B0A5 #8BC5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#478E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#478E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478E84

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478E84	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.073 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa7',
    500: '#478e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478e84;
$custom-light: #80afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59771,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478E84

secondary

#B08087

accent

#5E6DC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478E84

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

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