#479BB9#479BB9

#479BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.092 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BB9
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -16.29, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 28.31, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0658 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.092 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0734, 28.2827, 50.1327)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BB9 #B96547

analogous

#47B99E #479BB9 #4762B9

triadic

#479BB9 #B9479B #9BB947

tetradic

#479BB9 #9E47B9 #B96547 #62B947

square

#479BB9 #9E47B9 #B96547 #62B947

split-complementary

#479BB9 #B94762 #B99E47

monochromatic

#255161 #36768D #479BB9 #73B3CA #A0CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#479BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#479BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BB9

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BB9	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.092 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ce',
    500: '#479bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bb9;
$custom-light: #85b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64976,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BB9

secondary

#C7A294

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BB9

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

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