#479AB9#479AB9

#479AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.092 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AB9
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -15.76, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 28.39, 236.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0647 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.092 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9076, 27.9513, 50.0774)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479AB9 #B96647

analogous

#47B99F #479AB9 #4761B9

triadic

#479AB9 #B9479A #9AB947

tetradic

#479AB9 #9F47B9 #B96647 #61B947

square

#479AB9 #9F47B9 #B96647 #61B947

split-complementary

#479AB9 #B94761 #B99F47

monochromatic

#255061 #36758D #479AB9 #73B2CA #A0CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#479AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#479AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479AB9

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AB9	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.092 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7ce',
    500: '#479ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ab9;
$custom-light: #85b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64738,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AB9

secondary

#C7A294

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AB9

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

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