#478F8A#478F8A

#478F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.073 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478F8A
RGB	rgb(71, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 34%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -23.79, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 24.17, 190.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.0718 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.073 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0065, 22.8180, 27.5479)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478F8A #8F474C

analogous

#478F66 #478F8A #47708F

triadic

#478F8A #8A478F #8F8A47

tetradic

#478F8A #66478F #8F474C #708F47

square

#478F8A #66478F #8F474C #708F47

split-complementary

#478F8A #8F4770 #8F6647

monochromatic

#1E3D3B #336663 #478F8A #62B1AC #8BC5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#478F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#478F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478F8A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478F8A	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.073 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b0ac',
    500: '#478f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478f8a;
$custom-light: #80b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 33.645,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60223,
    "c": 0.07278,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478F8A

secondary

#B18184

accent

#5E66CA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #478F8A

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

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