#478E8D#478E8D

#478E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.071 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478E8D
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -22.45, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 23.33, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0692 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.071 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0773, 22.6072, 28.6578)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478E8D #8E4748

analogous

#478E6A #478E8D #476C8E

triadic

#478E8D #8D478E #8E8D47

tetradic

#478E8D #6A478E #8E4748 #6C8E47

square

#478E8D #6A478E #8E4748 #6C8E47

split-complementary

#478E8D #8E476C #8E6A47

monochromatic

#1E3C3C #336564 #478E8D #62B0AF #8BC5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#478E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#478E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478E8D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478E8D	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.071 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afae',
    500: '#478e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478e8d;
$custom-light: #80afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60077,
    "c": 0.07141,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478E8D

secondary

#B08081

accent

#5E60C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478E8D

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

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