#479A72#479A72

#479A72 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.102 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479A72
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(151, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(151, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 26%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -34.99, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 37.49, 158.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0962 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.102 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1899, 25.6642, 19.9641)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479A72 #9A476F

analogous

#479A48 #479A72 #47999A

triadic

#479A72 #72479A #9A7247

tetradic

#479A72 #48479A #9A476F #999A47

square

#479A72 #48479A #9A476F #999A47

split-complementary

#479A72 #9A4799 #9A4847

monochromatic

#204634 #347053 #479A72 #66B891 #90CCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#479A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#479A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479A72

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479A72	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.102 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b89a',
    500: '#479a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479a72;
$custom-light: #81b89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.084,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62316,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479A72

secondary

#B7859D

accent

#5B92CD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #479A72

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

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