#479BC9#479BC9

#479BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.106 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BC9
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -11.19, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 33.11, 250.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0599 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.106 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8584, 28.9968, 59.5339)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BC9 #C97547

analogous

#47C9B6 #479BC9 #475AC9

triadic

#479BC9 #C9479B #9BC947

tetradic

#479BC9 #B647C9 #C97547 #5AC947

square

#479BC9 #B647C9 #C97547 #5AC947

split-complementary

#479BC9 #C9475A #C9B647

monochromatic

#225774 #307AA3 #479BC9 #76B5D7 #A6CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#479BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#479BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BC9

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BC9	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.106 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d9',
    500: '#479bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bc9;
$custom-light: #87b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65693,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BC9

secondary

#D2AE9A

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BC9

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

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