#479EB8#479EB8

#479EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.091 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EB8
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -18.21, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 28.00, 229.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0694 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.091 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4737, 29.2516, 49.7472)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EB8 #B86147

analogous

#47B899 #479EB8 #4766B8

triadic

#479EB8 #B8479E #9EB847

tetradic

#479EB8 #9947B8 #B86147 #66B847

square

#479EB8 #9947B8 #B86147 #66B847

split-complementary

#479EB8 #B84766 #B89947

monochromatic

#255260 #36788C #479EB8 #73B5C9 #9FCDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#479EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#479EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479EB8

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EB8	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.091 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bacd',
    500: '#479eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479eb8;
$custom-light: #85bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65652,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EB8

secondary

#C7A094

accent

#7154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EB8

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

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