#479CA5#479CA5

#479CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479CA5
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -22.86, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 26.04, 208.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.075 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.083 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2757, 27.8311, 39.8407)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479CA5 #A55047

analogous

#47A57F #479CA5 #476DA5

triadic

#479CA5 #A5479C #9CA547

tetradic

#479CA5 #7F47A5 #A55047 #6DA547

square

#479CA5 #7F47A5 #A55047 #6DA547

split-complementary

#479CA5 #A5476D #A57F47

monochromatic

#224B4F #35747A #479CA5 #6AB7BF #95CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#479CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#479CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479CA5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479CA5	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9bf',
    500: '#479ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ca5;
$custom-light: #83b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64414,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479CA5

secondary

#BD8F8B

accent

#6458D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #479CA5

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

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