#479A85#479A85

#479A85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.088 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479A85
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 133)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -30.54, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 30.73, 173.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0871 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.088 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3859, 26.1426, 26.2629)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479A85 #9A475C

analogous

#479A5C #479A85 #47869A

triadic

#479A85 #85479A #9A8547

tetradic

#479A85 #5C479A #9A475C #869A47

square

#479A85 #5C479A #9A475C #869A47

split-complementary

#479A85 #9A4786 #9A5C47

monochromatic

#20463D #347061 #479A85 #66B8A3 #90CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#479A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#479A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479A85

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479A85	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.088 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8a8',
    500: '#479a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479a85;
$custom-light: #81b8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.819,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479A85

secondary

#B78592

accent

#5B78CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479A85

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

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