#479AE0#479AE0

#479AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.132 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AE0
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 224)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 31.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -2.97, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 42.95, 266.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0516 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.132 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6036, 29.8297, 74.8095)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479AE0 #E08D47

analogous

#47E0DA #479AE0 #474DE0

triadic

#479AE0 #E0479A #9AE047

tetradic

#479AE0 #DA47E0 #E08D47 #4DE047

square

#479AE0 #DA47E0 #E08D47 #4DE047

split-complementary

#479AE0 #E0474D #E0DA47

monochromatic

#195C94 #227CC8 #479AE0 #7BB7E9 #B0D3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#479AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#479AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479AE0

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AE0	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9DE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.132 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7ea',
    500: '#479ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ae0;
$custom-light: #8ab7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.451,
    "s": 71.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66604,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AE0

secondary

#E0BFA3

accent

#8C3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AE0

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

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