#479AC6#479AC6

#479AC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.104 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AC6
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -11.61, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 32.29, 248.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0599 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.104 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3432, 28.5255, 57.6382)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479AC6 #C67347

analogous

#47C6B2 #479AC6 #475BC6

triadic

#479AC6 #C6479A #9AC647

tetradic

#479AC6 #B247C6 #C67347 #5BC647

square

#479AC6 #B247C6 #C67347 #5BC647

split-complementary

#479AC6 #C6475B #C6B247

monochromatic

#235570 #31799F #479AC6 #76B4D4 #A4CDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#479AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#479AC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479AC6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AC6	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)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.104 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d7',
    500: '#479ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ac6;
$custom-light: #87b7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65319,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AC6

secondary

#D0AC99

accent

#7E4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AC6

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

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