#479DBB#479DBB

#479DBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.093 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DBB
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -16.74, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 28.65, 234.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0672 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.093 224)
XYZ	xyz(23.6216, 29.0390, 51.3643)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DBB #BB6547

analogous

#47BB9F #479DBB #4763BB

triadic

#479DBB #BB479D #9DBB47

tetradic

#479DBB #9F47BB #BB6547 #63BB47

square

#479DBB #9F47BB #BB6547 #63BB47

split-complementary

#479DBB #BB4763 #BB9F47

monochromatic

#255363 #357890 #479DBB #74B5CC #A0CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#479DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#479DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DBB

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DBB	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.093 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacf',
    500: '#479dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dbb;
$custom-light: #86bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65539,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.29041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DBB

secondary

#C9A295

accent

#7452D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DBB

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

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