#479DAD#479DAD

#479DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.085 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DAD
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -21.02, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 26.50, 217.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0727 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.085 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1953, 28.4685, 43.8523)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DAD #AD5747

analogous

#47AD8A #479DAD #476AAD

triadic

#479DAD #AD479D #9DAD47

tetradic

#479DAD #8A47AD #AD5747 #6AAD47

square

#479DAD #8A47AD #AD5747 #6AAD47

split-complementary

#479DAD #AD476A #AD8A47

monochromatic

#234E56 #357682 #479DAD #6EB6C3 #99CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#479DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#479DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DAD

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DAD	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.085 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bac5',
    500: '#479dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dad;
$custom-light: #84bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64965,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DAD

secondary

#C1968E

accent

#6A56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DAD

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

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