#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
RGBrgb(71, 154, 216)
HSLhsl(206, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(206, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.14, -5.67, -38.98)
CIE-LCHlch(61.14, 39.39, 261.73°)
OKLaboklab(66.19% -0.054 -0.11)
OKLCHoklch(66.19% 0.123 243.9)
XYZxyz(26.5441, 29.4059, 69.2294)
Luminance0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##479AD81.003.056.886.88
#FFFFFF3.051.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8821.001.001.00
##0000006.8821.001.001.00

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

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#479AD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva