#479E79#479E79

#479E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479E79
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(154, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -35.26, 11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 37.10, 161.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0975 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.102 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2749, 27.1721, 22.3671)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479E79 #9E476C

analogous

#479E4E #479E79 #47979E

triadic

#479E79 #79479E #9E7947

tetradic

#479E79 #4E479E #9E476C #979E47

square

#479E79 #4E479E #9E476C #979E47

split-complementary

#479E79 #9E4797 #9E4E47

monochromatic

#214A38 #347459 #479E79 #67BB97 #92CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#479E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#479E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479E79

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479E79	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bb9f',
    500: '#479e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479e79;
$custom-light: #81bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.483,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63522,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479E79

secondary

#BA879D

accent

#5A8BCE

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #479E79

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

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