#47979D#47979D

#47979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.078 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47979D
RGB	rgb(71, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -22.59, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 24.96, 205.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0727 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.078 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7485, 25.9053, 35.8512)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47979D #9D4D47

analogous

#479D78 #47979D #476C9D

triadic

#47979D #9D4797 #979D47

tetradic

#47979D #78479D #9D4D47 #6C9D47

square

#47979D #78479D #9D4D47 #6C9D47

split-complementary

#47979D #9D476C #9D7847

monochromatic

#214649 #346E73 #47979D #67B4BA #91C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#47979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#47979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #47979D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47979D	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.078 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6b9',
    500: '#47979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47979d;
$custom-light: #82b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47979D

secondary

#B98A87

accent

#625ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #47979D

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

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