#479E8F#479E8F

#479E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479E8F
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -29.92, -0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 29.92, 180.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0871 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.087 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7811, 27.7746, 30.2999)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479E8F #9E4756

analogous

#479E63 #479E8F #47829E

triadic

#479E8F #8F479E #9E8F47

tetradic

#479E8F #63479E #9E4756 #829E47

square

#479E8F #63479E #9E4756 #829E47

split-complementary

#479E8F #9E4782 #9E6347

monochromatic

#214A43 #347469 #479E8F #67BBAC #92CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#479E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#479E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479E8F

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479E8F	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbaf',
    500: '#479e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479e8f;
$custom-light: #82bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64152,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479E8F

secondary

#BA8790

accent

#5A6ECE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479E8F

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

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