#479BBC#479BBC

#479BBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.094 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BBC
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -15.35, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 29.06, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0646 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.094 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3934, 28.4108, 51.8182)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BBC #BC6847

analogous

#47BCA2 #479BBC #4760BC

triadic

#479BBC #BC479B #9BBC47

tetradic

#479BBC #A247BC #BC6847 #60BC47

square

#479BBC #A247BC #BC6847 #60BC47

split-complementary

#479BBC #BC4760 #BCA247

monochromatic

#245264 #357791 #479BBC #74B3CC #A1CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#479BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#479BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BBC

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BBC	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.094 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8d0',
    500: '#479bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bbc;
$custom-light: #86b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BBC

secondary

#C9A495

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BBC

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

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