#479EA6#479EA6

#479EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.084 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EA6
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -23.59, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.50, 207.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0768 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.084 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7055, 28.5444, 40.4347)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EA6 #A64F47

analogous

#47A67F #479EA6 #476FA6

triadic

#479EA6 #A6479E #9EA647

tetradic

#479EA6 #7F47A6 #A64F47 #6FA647

square

#479EA6 #7F47A6 #A64F47 #6FA647

split-complementary

#479EA6 #A6476F #A67F47

monochromatic

#224C50 #35757B #479EA6 #6BB8C0 #96CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#479EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#479EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479EA6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EA6	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.084 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbc0',
    500: '#479ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ea6;
$custom-light: #84bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.053,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64942,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EA6

secondary

#BE8F8B

accent

#6258D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EA6

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

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