#47979F#47979F

#47979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.079 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47979F
RGB	rgb(71, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -22.02, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 24.91, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0719 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.079 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9206, 25.9741, 36.7579)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47979F #9F4F47

analogous

#479F7B #47979F #476B9F

triadic

#47979F #9F4797 #979F47

tetradic

#47979F #7B479F #9F4F47 #6B9F47

square

#47979F #7B479F #9F4F47 #6B9F47

split-complementary

#47979F #9F476B #9F7B47

monochromatic

#21474A #346F75 #47979F #68B4BB #92C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#47979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#47979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #47979F

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##47979F	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.079 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6bb',
    500: '#47979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47979f;
$custom-light: #82b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62962,
    "c": 0.07874,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47979F

secondary

#BA8C88

accent

#645ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #47979F

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

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