#479A7D#479A7D

#479A7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.093 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479A7D
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 125)
HSL	hsl(159, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -32.48, 7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 33.37, 166.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0909 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.093 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8541, 25.9299, 23.4621)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479A7D #9A4764

analogous

#479A54 #479A7D #478E9A

triadic

#479A7D #7D479A #9A7D47

tetradic

#479A7D #54479A #9A4764 #8E9A47

square

#479A7D #54479A #9A4764 #8E9A47

split-complementary

#479A7D #9A478E #9A5447

monochromatic

#204639 #34705B #479A7D #66B89C #90CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#479A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#479A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479A7D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479A7D	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)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.093 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8a2',
    500: '#479a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479a7d;
$custom-light: #81b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.036,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479A7D

secondary

#B78597

accent

#5B83CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479A7D

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

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