#479DBC#479DBC

#479DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.094 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DBC
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -16.43, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 28.88, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0668 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.094 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7290, 29.0820, 51.9300)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DBC #BC6647

analogous

#47BCA0 #479DBC #4762BC

triadic

#479DBC #BC479D #9DBC47

tetradic

#479DBC #A047BC #BC6647 #62BC47

square

#479DBC #A047BC #BC6647 #62BC47

split-complementary

#479DBC #BC4762 #BCA047

monochromatic

#245364 #357991 #479DBC #74B5CC #A1CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#479DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#479DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DBC

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DBC	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.094 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad0',
    500: '#479dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dbc;
$custom-light: #86bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DBC

secondary

#C9A395

accent

#7552D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DBC

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

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