#479DC8#479DC8

#479DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.104 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DC8
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -12.61, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 32.32, 247.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0624 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.104 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0768, 29.6211, 59.0282)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DC8 #C87247

analogous

#47C8B2 #479DC8 #475CC8

triadic

#479DC8 #C8479D #9DC847

tetradic

#479DC8 #B247C8 #C87247 #5CC847

square

#479DC8 #B247C8 #C87247 #5CC847

split-complementary

#479DC8 #C8475C #C8B247

monochromatic

#225872 #307CA2 #479DC8 #76B6D6 #A5CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#479DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#479DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DC8

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DC8	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.104 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d9',
    500: '#479dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dc8;
$custom-light: #87b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66114,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DC8

secondary

#D1AC9A

accent

#7B4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DC8

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

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