#479A8D#479A8D

#479A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.083 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479A8D
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -28.49, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 28.51, 181.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0834 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.083 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9598, 26.3721, 29.2853)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479A8D #9A4754

analogous

#479A64 #479A8D #477E9A

triadic

#479A8D #8D479A #9A8D47

tetradic

#479A8D #64479A #9A4754 #7E9A47

square

#479A8D #64479A #9A4754 #7E9A47

split-complementary

#479A8D #9A477E #9A6447

monochromatic

#204640 #347067 #479A8D #66B8AB #90CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#479A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#479A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479A8D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479A8D	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.083 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8ae',
    500: '#479a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479a8d;
$custom-light: #82b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.602,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63084,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479A8D

secondary

#B7858D

accent

#5B6DCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479A8D

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

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