#479DD8#479DD8

#479DD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.120 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479DD8
RGB	rgb(71, 157, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -7.36, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 38.34, 258.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.057 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.12 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0454, 30.4085, 69.3965)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479DD8 #D88247

analogous

#47D8CB #479DD8 #4755D8

triadic

#479DD8 #D8479D #9DD847

tetradic

#479DD8 #CB47D8 #D88247 #55D847

square

#479DD8 #CB47D8 #D88247 #55D847

split-complementary

#479DD8 #D84755 #D8CB47

monochromatic

#1D5C88 #277FBA #479DD8 #79B8E3 #ACD3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#479DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#479DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479DD8

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479DD8	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 157, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.120 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e4',
    500: '#479dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479dd8;
$custom-light: #89b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.414,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66877,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479DD8

secondary

#DBB8A0

accent

#8440E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479DD8

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

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