#479BB8#479BB8

#479BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.091 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BB8
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -16.61, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 28.09, 233.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0661 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.091 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9682, 28.2407, 49.5787)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BB8 #B86447

analogous

#47B89C #479BB8 #4763B8

triadic

#479BB8 #B8479B #9BB847

tetradic

#479BB8 #9C47B8 #B86447 #63B847

square

#479BB8 #9C47B8 #B86447 #63B847

split-complementary

#479BB8 #B84763 #B89C47

monochromatic

#255160 #36768C #479BB8 #73B3C9 #9FCBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#479BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#479BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BB8

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BB8	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.091 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cd',
    500: '#479bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bb8;
$custom-light: #85b8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64934,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BB8

secondary

#C7A194

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BB8

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

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