#479C8A#479C8A

#479C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479C8A
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -30.24, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 30.28, 176.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0871 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.087 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0724, 26.9497, 28.2366)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479C8A #9C4759

analogous

#479C60 #479C8A #47849C

triadic

#479C8A #8A479C #9C8A47

tetradic

#479C8A #60479C #9C4759 #849C47

square

#479C8A #60479C #9C4759 #849C47

split-complementary

#479C8A #9C4784 #9C6047

monochromatic

#214840 #347265 #479C8A #67BAA8 #91CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#479C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#479C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479C8A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479C8A	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ac',
    500: '#479c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479c8a;
$custom-light: #82b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.294,
    "s": 37.445,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479C8A

secondary

#B88691

accent

#5A73CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479C8A

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

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