#479EC5#479EC5

#479EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.101 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EC5
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -14.12, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 31.19, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0645 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.101 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8995, 29.8220, 57.2565)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EC5 #C56E47

analogous

#47C5AD #479EC5 #475FC5

triadic

#479EC5 #C5479E #9EC547

tetradic

#479EC5 #AD47C5 #C56E47 #5FC547

square

#479EC5 #AD47C5 #C56E47 #5FC547

split-complementary

#479EC5 #C5475F #C5AD47

monochromatic

#23576F #327C9D #479EC5 #76B7D4 #A4CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#479EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#479EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479EC5

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EC5	1.00	3.02	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#8A9CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.101 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad6',
    500: '#479ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ec5;
$custom-light: #87bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EC5

secondary

#CFA999

accent

#794CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EC5

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

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