#479BDE#479BDE

#479BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.129 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BDE
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -4.22, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 41.65, 264.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0532 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.129 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4997, 30.0533, 73.4447)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479BDE #DE8A47

analogous

#47DED6 #479BDE #474FDE

triadic

#479BDE #DE479B #9BDE47

tetradic

#479BDE #D647DE #DE8A47 #4FDE47

square

#479BDE #D647DE #DE8A47 #4FDE47

split-complementary

#479BDE #DE474F #DED647

monochromatic

#1A5C91 #237DC5 #479BDE #7BB7E7 #AFD3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#479BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#479BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479BDE

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BDE	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.129 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e8',
    500: '#479bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479bde;
$custom-light: #8ab8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.623,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66725,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BDE

secondary

#DFBDA2

accent

#8A3BEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BDE

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

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