#479DB8#479DB8

#479DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.091 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DB8
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -17.68, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 28.01, 230.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0683 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.091 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3038, 28.9119, 49.6905)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DB8 #B86247

analogous

#47B89A #479DB8 #4765B8

triadic

#479DB8 #B8479D #9DB847

tetradic

#479DB8 #9A47B8 #B86247 #65B847

square

#479DB8 #9A47B8 #B86247 #65B847

split-complementary

#479DB8 #B84765 #B89A47

monochromatic

#255260 #36778C #479DB8 #73B5C9 #9FCCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#479DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#479DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DB8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DB8	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.091 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bacd',
    500: '#479db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479db8;
$custom-light: #85bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65412,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DB8

secondary

#C7A094

accent

#7254D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DB8

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

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