#479BB5#479BB5

#479BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BB5
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -17.54, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 27.46, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0673 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.089 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6571, 28.1162, 47.9400)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BB5 #B56147

analogous

#47B598 #479BB5 #4764B5

triadic

#479BB5 #B5479B #9BB547

tetradic

#479BB5 #9847B5 #B56147 #64B547

square

#479BB5 #9847B5 #B56147 #64B547

split-complementary

#479BB5 #B54764 #B59847

monochromatic

#25505D #367589 #479BB5 #72B3C8 #9ECBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#479BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#479BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BB5

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BB5	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)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cb',
    500: '#479bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bb5;
$custom-light: #85b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64807,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BB5

secondary

#C59F93

accent

#7254D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BB5

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

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