#479BBB#479BBB

#479BBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.094 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BBB
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -15.67, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 28.80, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.065 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.094 226)
XYZ	xyz(23.2860, 28.3678, 51.2524)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BBB #BB6747

analogous

#47BBA1 #479BBB #4761BB

triadic

#479BBB #BB479B #9BBB47

tetradic

#479BBB #A147BB #BB6747 #61BB47

square

#479BBB #A147BB #BB6747 #61BB47

split-complementary

#479BBB #BB4761 #BBA147

monochromatic

#255263 #357790 #479BBB #74B3CC #A0CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#479BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#479BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BBB

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BBB	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.094 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cf',
    500: '#479bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bbb;
$custom-light: #85b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65062,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BBB

secondary

#C9A395

accent

#7652D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BBB

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

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