#479CC8#479CC8

#479CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.105 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479CC8
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -12.07, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 32.53, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0613 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.105 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9083, 29.2841, 58.9721)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479CC8 #C87347

analogous

#47C8B3 #479CC8 #475BC8

triadic

#479CC8 #C8479C #9CC847

tetradic

#479CC8 #B347C8 #C87347 #5BC847

square

#479CC8 #B347C8 #C87347 #5BC847

split-complementary

#479CC8 #C8475B #C8B347

monochromatic

#225772 #307BA2 #479CC8 #76B5D6 #A5CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#479CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#479CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479CC8

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479CC8	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.105 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d9',
    500: '#479cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479cc8;
$custom-light: #87b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.465,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6588,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479CC8

secondary

#D1AD9A

accent

#7D4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479CC8

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

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