#479CB8#479CB8

#479CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.091 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479CB8
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -17.14, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 28.04, 232.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0672 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.091 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1353, 28.5749, 49.6344)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479CB8 #B86347

analogous

#47B89B #479CB8 #4764B8

triadic

#479CB8 #B8479C #9CB847

tetradic

#479CB8 #9B47B8 #B86347 #64B847

square

#479CB8 #9B47B8 #B86347 #64B847

split-complementary

#479CB8 #B84764 #B89B47

monochromatic

#255160 #36778C #479CB8 #73B4C9 #9FCCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#479CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#479CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479CB8

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479CB8	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.091 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9cd',
    500: '#479cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479cb8;
$custom-light: #85b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65173,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479CB8

secondary

#C7A194

accent

#7454D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479CB8

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

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