#479ABC#479ABC

#479ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.095 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479ABC
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -14.81, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 29.17, 239.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0635 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.095 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2277, 28.0793, 51.7629)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479ABC #BC6947

analogous

#47BCA3 #479ABC #475FBC

triadic

#479ABC #BC479A #9ABC47

tetradic

#479ABC #A347BC #BC6947 #5FBC47

square

#479ABC #A347BC #BC6947 #5FBC47

split-complementary

#479ABC #BC475F #BCA347

monochromatic

#245264 #357691 #479ABC #74B3CC #A1CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#479ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#479ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479ABC

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479ABC	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.095 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7d0',
    500: '#479abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479abc;
$custom-light: #86b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64868,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479ABC

secondary

#C9A595

accent

#7852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479ABC

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

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