#479BC5#479BC5

#479BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.102 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BC5
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -12.49, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 31.74, 246.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0613 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.102 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3940, 28.8110, 57.0880)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BC5 #C57147

analogous

#47C5B0 #479BC5 #475CC5

triadic

#479BC5 #C5479B #9BC547

tetradic

#479BC5 #B047C5 #C57147 #5CC547

square

#479BC5 #B047C5 #C57147 #5CC547

split-complementary

#479BC5 #C5475C #C5B047

monochromatic

#23556F #32799D #479BC5 #76B4D4 #A4CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#479BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#479BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BC5

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BC5	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.102 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d6',
    500: '#479bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bc5;
$custom-light: #87b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65508,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BC5

secondary

#CFAB99

accent

#7C4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BC5

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

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