#479CC5#479CC5

#479CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479CC5
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -13.03, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 31.54, 245.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0624 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.102 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5611, 29.1452, 57.1437)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479CC5 #C57047

analogous

#47C5AF #479CC5 #475DC5

triadic

#479CC5 #C5479C #9CC547

tetradic

#479CC5 #AF47C5 #C57047 #5DC547

square

#479CC5 #AF47C5 #C57047 #5DC547

split-complementary

#479CC5 #C5475D #C5AF47

monochromatic

#23566F #327A9D #479CC5 #76B5D4 #A4CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#479CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#479CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479CC5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479CC5	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d6',
    500: '#479cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479cc5;
$custom-light: #87b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.524,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65743,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479CC5

secondary

#CFAA99

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479CC5

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

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