#479BD3#479BD3

#479BD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.116 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BD3
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -7.90, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 36.95, 257.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0566 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.116 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0733, 29.4827, 65.9320)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BD3 #D37F47

analogous

#47D3C5 #479BD3 #4755D3

triadic

#479BD3 #D3479B #9BD347

tetradic

#479BD3 #C547D3 #D37F47 #55D347

square

#479BD3 #C547D3 #D37F47 #55D347

split-complementary

#479BD3 #D34755 #D3C547

monochromatic

#1F5A81 #2B7CB2 #479BD3 #78B6DF #AAD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#479BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#479BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BD3

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BD3	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.116 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8e0',
    500: '#479bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bd3;
$custom-light: #89b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66172,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BD3

secondary

#D8B59E

accent

#8443E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BD3

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

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