#479EA5#479EA5

#479EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.084 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EA5
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -23.88, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 26.53, 205.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0772 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.084 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6141, 28.5078, 39.9535)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EA5 #A54E47

analogous

#47A57D #479EA5 #476FA5

triadic

#479EA5 #A5479E #9EA547

tetradic

#479EA5 #7D47A5 #A54E47 #6FA547

square

#479EA5 #7D47A5 #A54E47 #6FA547

split-complementary

#479EA5 #A5476F #A57D47

monochromatic

#224C4F #35757A #479EA5 #6AB9BF #95CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#479EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#479EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479EA5

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EA5	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.084 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbf',
    500: '#479ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ea5;
$custom-light: #84bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.468,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64905,
    "c": 0.08357,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EA5

secondary

#BD8E8B

accent

#6158D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EA5

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

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