#479A8A#479A8A

#479A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.085 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479A8A
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -29.27, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 29.28, 178.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0848 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.085 179)
XYZ	xyz(18.7396, 26.2841, 28.1256)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479A8A #9A4757

analogous

#479A61 #479A8A #47819A

triadic

#479A8A #8A479A #9A8A47

tetradic

#479A8A #61479A #9A4757 #819A47

square

#479A8A #61479A #9A4757 #819A47

split-complementary

#479A8A #9A4781 #9A6147

monochromatic

#20463F #347064 #479A8A #66B8A8 #90CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#479A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#479A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479A8A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479A8A	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.085 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8ac',
    500: '#479a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479a8a;
$custom-light: #81b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.434,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62989,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.26286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479A8A

secondary

#B7858F

accent

#5B71CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479A8A

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

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