#479BB6#479BB6

#479BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.090 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BB6
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -17.23, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 27.66, 231.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0669 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.09 222)
XYZ	xyz(22.7600, 28.1574, 48.4824)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BB6 #B66247

analogous

#47B69A #479BB6 #4763B6

triadic

#479BB6 #B6479B #9BB647

tetradic

#479BB6 #9A47B6 #B66247 #63B647

square

#479BB6 #9A47B6 #B66247 #63B647

split-complementary

#479BB6 #B64763 #B69A47

monochromatic

#25505E #36768A #479BB6 #72B3C8 #9ECBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#479BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#479BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BB6

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BB6	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.090 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cc',
    500: '#479bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bb6;
$custom-light: #85b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64849,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.2816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BB6

secondary

#C69F93

accent

#7354D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BB6

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

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