#479DCD#479DCD

#479DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.109 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DCD
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -10.99, -32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 34.06, 251.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0606 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.109 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6707, 29.8586, 62.1562)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DCD #CD7747

analogous

#47CDBA #479DCD #475ACD

triadic

#479DCD #CD479D #9DCD47

tetradic

#479DCD #BA47CD #CD7747 #5ACD47

square

#479DCD #BA47CD #CD7747 #5ACD47

split-complementary

#479DCD #CD475A #CDBA47

monochromatic

#215979 #2E7DA9 #479DCD #77B7DA #A7D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#479DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#479DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479DCD

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DCD	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.109 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9dc',
    500: '#479dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dcd;
$custom-light: #88b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DCD

secondary

#D4B09B

accent

#7E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DCD

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

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