#479F8B#479F8B

#479F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479F8B
RGB	rgb(71, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(166, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -31.43, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 31.52, 175.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0901 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.09 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6548, 27.9981, 28.7895)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479F8B #9F475B

analogous

#479F5F #479F8B #47879F

triadic

#479F8B #8B479F #9F8B47

tetradic

#479F8B #5F479F #9F475B #879F47

square

#479F8B #5F479F #9F475B #879F47

split-complementary

#479F8B #9F4787 #9F5F47

monochromatic

#214A41 #347566 #479F8B #68BBA8 #92CEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#479F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#479F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479F8B

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479F8B	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcac',
    500: '#479f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479f8b;
$custom-light: #82bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64281,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479F8B

secondary

#BA8893

accent

#5A74CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #479F8B

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

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