#479E8A#479E8A

#479E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.090 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479E8A
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -31.20, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 31.30, 175.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0894 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.09 176)
XYZ	xyz(19.4108, 27.6265, 28.3493)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479E8A #9E475B

analogous

#479E5F #479E8A #47869E

triadic

#479E8A #8A479E #9E8A47

tetradic

#479E8A #5F479E #9E475B #869E47

square

#479E8A #5F479E #9E475B #869E47

split-complementary

#479E8A #9E4786 #9E5F47

monochromatic

#214A40 #347465 #479E8A #67BBA8 #92CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#479E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#479E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479E8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479E8A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.090 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbac',
    500: '#479e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479e8a;
$custom-light: #82bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.207,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63998,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.27628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479E8A

secondary

#BA8793

accent

#5A75CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479E8A

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

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