#479EC6#479EC6

#479EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.102 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EC6
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -13.80, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 31.49, 244.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0641 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.102 231)
XYZ	xyz(25.0144, 29.8679, 57.8619)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EC6 #C66F47

analogous

#47C6AF #479EC6 #475EC6

triadic

#479EC6 #C6479E #9EC647

tetradic

#479EC6 #AF47C6 #C66F47 #5EC647

square

#479EC6 #AF47C6 #C66F47 #5EC647

split-complementary

#479EC6 #C6475E #C6AF47

monochromatic

#235870 #317C9F #479EC6 #76B7D4 #A4CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#479EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#479EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479EC6

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EC6	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)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.102 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad7',
    500: '#479ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ec6;
$custom-light: #87bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66258,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.29871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EC6

secondary

#D0AA99

accent

#794CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EC6

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

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