#479BB4#479BB4

#479BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BB4
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -17.85, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 27.27, 229.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0677 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.089 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5548, 28.0753, 47.4016)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BB4 #B46047

analogous

#47B496 #479BB4 #4765B4

triadic

#479BB4 #B4479B #9BB447

tetradic

#479BB4 #9647B4 #B46047 #65B447

square

#479BB4 #9647B4 #B46047 #65B447

split-complementary

#479BB4 #B44765 #B49647

monochromatic

#244F5C #367588 #479BB4 #71B3C7 #9DCBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#479BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#479BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BB4

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BB4	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ca',
    500: '#479bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bb4;
$custom-light: #85b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.761,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BB4

secondary

#C59E92

accent

#7255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BB4

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

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