#479CC9#479CC9

#479CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.106 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479CC9
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -11.74, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 32.88, 249.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.061 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.106 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0255, 29.3310, 59.5896)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479CC9 #C97447

analogous

#47C9B5 #479CC9 #475BC9

triadic

#479CC9 #C9479C #9CC947

tetradic

#479CC9 #B547C9 #C97447 #5BC947

square

#479CC9 #B547C9 #C97447 #5BC947

split-complementary

#479CC9 #C9475B #C9B547

monochromatic

#225774 #307BA3 #479CC9 #76B5D7 #A6CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#479CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#479CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479CC9

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479CC9	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.106 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d9',
    500: '#479cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479cc9;
$custom-light: #87b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65926,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479CC9

secondary

#D2AD9A

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479CC9

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

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