#479DC9#479DC9

#479DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.105 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DC9
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -12.29, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 32.66, 247.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.062 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.105 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1940, 29.6680, 59.6458)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DC9 #C97347

analogous

#47C9B4 #479DC9 #475CC9

triadic

#479DC9 #C9479D #9DC947

tetradic

#479DC9 #B447C9 #C97347 #5CC947

square

#479DC9 #B447C9 #C97347 #5CC947

split-complementary

#479DC9 #C9475C #C9B447

monochromatic

#225874 #307CA3 #479DC9 #76B6D7 #A6CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#479DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#479DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DC9

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DC9	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.105 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d9',
    500: '#479dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dc9;
$custom-light: #87b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6616,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DC9

secondary

#D2AD9A

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DC9

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

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