#479DC5#479DC5

#479DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.101 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DC5
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -13.58, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 31.36, 244.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0634 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.101 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7296, 29.4822, 57.1999)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#479DC5 #C56F47

analogous

#47C5AE #479DC5 #475EC5

triadic

#479DC5 #C5479D #9DC547

tetradic

#479DC5 #AE47C5 #C56F47 #5EC547

square

#479DC5 #AE47C5 #C56F47 #5EC547

split-complementary

#479DC5 #C5475E #C5AE47

monochromatic

#23576F #327B9D #479DC5 #76B6D4 #A4CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#479DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#479DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DC5

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DC5	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.101 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad6',
    500: '#479dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dc5;
$custom-light: #87bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65978,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DC5

secondary

#CFAA99

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DC5

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

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