#479AE4#479AE4

#479AE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.137 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AE4
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -1.60, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 44.79, 267.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0505 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.137 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1525, 30.0492, 77.7001)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#479AE4 #E49147

analogous

#47E4DF #479AE4 #474BE4

triadic

#479AE4 #E4479A #9AE447

tetradic

#479AE4 #DF47E4 #E49147 #4BE447

square

#479AE4 #DF47E4 #E49147 #4BE447

split-complementary

#479AE4 #E4474B #E4DF47

monochromatic

#175C9A #1E7CCF #479AE4 #7CB7EC #B2D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#479AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#479AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479AE4

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AE4	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.137 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7ed',
    500: '#479ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ae4;
$custom-light: #8bb7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.28,
    "s": 74.408,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AE4

secondary

#E2C2A4

accent

#8F37F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AE4

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

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