#479BC8#479BC8

#479BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.105 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BC8
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -11.51, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 32.76, 249.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0603 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.105 235)
XYZ	xyz(24.7412, 28.9499, 58.9164)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BC8 #C87447

analogous

#47C8B4 #479BC8 #475AC8

triadic

#479BC8 #C8479B #9BC847

tetradic

#479BC8 #B447C8 #C87447 #5AC847

square

#479BC8 #B447C8 #C87447 #5AC847

split-complementary

#479BC8 #C8475A #C8B447

monochromatic

#225672 #307AA2 #479BC8 #76B5D6 #A5CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#479BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#479BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BC8

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BC8	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.105 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d9',
    500: '#479bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bc8;
$custom-light: #87b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65646,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.28952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BC8

secondary

#D1AD9A

accent

#7E4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BC8

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

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