#479AC8#479AC8

#479AC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.106 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AC8
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 23%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -10.96, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 33.00, 250.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0592 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.106 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5754, 28.6184, 58.8611)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479AC8 #C87547

analogous

#47C8B5 #479AC8 #4759C8

triadic

#479AC8 #C8479A #9AC847

tetradic

#479AC8 #B547C8 #C87547 #59C847

square

#479AC8 #B547C8 #C87547 #59C847

split-complementary

#479AC8 #C84759 #C8B547

monochromatic

#225672 #3079A2 #479AC8 #76B4D6 #A5CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#479AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#479AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479AC8

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AC8	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.106 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d9',
    500: '#479ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ac8;
$custom-light: #87b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.395,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65412,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AC8

secondary

#D1AD9A

accent

#7F4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AC8

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

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