#479BE6#479BE6

#479BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.138 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479BE6
RGB	rgb(71, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -1.50, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 45.30, 268.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0509 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.138 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5974, 30.4924, 79.2260)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#479BE6 #E69247

analogous

#47E6E2 #479BE6 #474CE6

triadic

#479BE6 #E6479B #9BE647

tetradic

#479BE6 #E247E6 #E69247 #4CE647

square

#479BE6 #E247E6 #E69247 #4CE647

split-complementary

#479BE6 #E6474C #E6E247

monochromatic

#155D9D #1D7DD3 #479BE6 #7DB8ED #B3D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#479BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#479BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479BE6

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479BE6	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.138 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8ee',
    500: '#479be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479be6;
$custom-light: #8bb8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.302,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67146,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479BE6

secondary

#E4C3A5

accent

#8F35F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479BE6

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

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