#479F8A#479F8A

#479F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.091 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479F8A
RGB	rgb(71, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -31.68, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 31.82, 174.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0906 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.091 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5821, 27.9690, 28.4064)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479F8A #9F475C

analogous

#479F5E #479F8A #47889F

triadic

#479F8A #8A479F #9F8A47

tetradic

#479F8A #5E479F #9F475C #889F47

square

#479F8A #5E479F #9F475C #889F47

split-complementary

#479F8A #9F4788 #9F5E47

monochromatic

#214A41 #347565 #479F8A #68BBA7 #92CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#479F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#479F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479F8A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479F8A	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.091 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcac',
    500: '#479f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479f8a;
$custom-light: #82bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.682,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64251,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479F8A

secondary

#BA8894

accent

#5A75CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479F8A

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

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