#479CD8#479CD8

#479CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.121 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479CD8
RGB	rgb(71, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -6.80, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 38.68, 259.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.056 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.121 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8769, 30.0715, 69.3404)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479CD8 #D88347

analogous

#47D8CC #479CD8 #4754D8

triadic

#479CD8 #D8479C #9CD847

tetradic

#479CD8 #CC47D8 #D88347 #54D847

square

#479CD8 #CC47D8 #D88347 #54D847

split-complementary

#479CD8 #D84754 #D8CC47

monochromatic

#1D5C88 #277EBA #479CD8 #79B7E3 #ACD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#479CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#479CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479CD8

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479CD8	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.121 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e4',
    500: '#479cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479cd8;
$custom-light: #89b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66648,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479CD8

secondary

#DBB8A0

accent

#8540E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479CD8

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

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