#479A89#479A89

#479A89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.085 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479A89
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 137)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 11%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -29.53, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 29.56, 177.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0853 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.085 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6675, 26.2552, 27.7461)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479A89 #9A4758

analogous

#479A60 #479A89 #47829A

triadic

#479A89 #89479A #9A8947

tetradic

#479A89 #60479A #9A4758 #829A47

square

#479A89 #60479A #9A4758 #829A47

split-complementary

#479A89 #9A4782 #9A6047

monochromatic

#20463E #347064 #479A89 #66B8A7 #90CCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#479A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#479A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479A89

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479A89	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.085 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8ab',
    500: '#479a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479a89;
$custom-light: #81b8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.711,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62958,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479A89

secondary

#B78590

accent

#5B72CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479A89

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

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