#479AD8#479AD8

#479AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.123 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AD8
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -5.67, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 39.39, 261.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.054 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.123 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5441, 29.4059, 69.2294)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479AD8 #D88547

analogous

#47D8CD #479AD8 #4752D8

triadic

#479AD8 #D8479A #9AD847

tetradic

#479AD8 #CD47D8 #D88547 #52D847

square

#479AD8 #CD47D8 #D88547 #52D847

split-complementary

#479AD8 #D84752 #D8CD47

monochromatic

#1D5A88 #277CBA #479AD8 #79B6E3 #ACD1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#479AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#479AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479AD8

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AD8	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.123 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7e4',
    500: '#479ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ad8;
$custom-light: #89b7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.655,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66192,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AD8

secondary

#DBB9A0

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AD8

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

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