#479BD6#479BD6

#479BD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.120 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BD6
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -6.90, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 38.19, 259.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0556 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.12 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4528, 29.6345, 67.9312)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#479BD6 #D68247

analogous

#47D6C9 #479BD6 #4753D6

triadic

#479BD6 #D6479B #9BD647

tetradic

#479BD6 #C947D6 #D68247 #53D647

square

#479BD6 #C947D6 #D68247 #53D647

split-complementary

#479BD6 #D64753 #D6C947

monochromatic

#1E5A85 #297CB7 #479BD6 #79B6E1 #ABD1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#479BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#479BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479BD6

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BD6	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.120 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8e3',
    500: '#479bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bd6;
$custom-light: #89b8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6632,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BD6

secondary

#DAB79F

accent

#8541E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BD6

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

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