#47979E#47979E

#47979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.079 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47979E
RGB	rgb(71, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -22.31, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 24.93, 206.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0723 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.079 203)
XYZ	xyz(19.8342, 25.9396, 36.3027)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47979E #9E4E47

analogous

#479E7A #47979E #476B9E

triadic

#47979E #9E4797 #979E47

tetradic

#47979E #7A479E #9E4E47 #6B9E47

square

#47979E #7A479E #9E4E47 #6B9E47

split-complementary

#47979E #9E476B #9E7A47

monochromatic

#21464A #346F74 #47979E #67B4BB #92C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#47979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#47979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #47979E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47979E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.079 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6ba',
    500: '#47979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47979e;
$custom-light: #82b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.828,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62925,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.25941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47979E

secondary

#BA8B87

accent

#635ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #47979E

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

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