#479E87#479E87

#479E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479E87
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -31.95, 4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 32.22, 172.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0908 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.091 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1966, 27.5408, 27.2212)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479E87 #9E475E

analogous

#479E5C #479E87 #47899E

triadic

#479E87 #87479E #9E8747

tetradic

#479E87 #5C479E #9E475E #899E47

square

#479E87 #5C479E #9E475E #899E47

split-complementary

#479E87 #9E4789 #9E5C47

monochromatic

#214A3F #347463 #479E87 #67BBA5 #92CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#479E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#479E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479E87

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479E87	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bba9',
    500: '#479e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479e87;
$custom-light: #82bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.138,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63909,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479E87

secondary

#BA8795

accent

#5A79CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479E87

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

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