#479DB9#479DB9

#479DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.092 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DB9
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -17.37, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 28.22, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0679 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.092 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4090, 28.9540, 50.2445)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DB9 #B96347

analogous

#47B99C #479DB9 #4764B9

triadic

#479DB9 #B9479D #9DB947

tetradic

#479DB9 #9C47B9 #B96347 #64B947

square

#479DB9 #9C47B9 #B96347 #64B947

split-complementary

#479DB9 #B94764 #B99C47

monochromatic

#255261 #36788D #479DB9 #73B5CA #A0CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#479DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#479DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DB9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DB9	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.092 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bace',
    500: '#479db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479db9;
$custom-light: #85bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65454,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DB9

secondary

#C7A194

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DB9

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

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