#479EC8#479EC8

#479EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.104 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EC8
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -13.16, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 32.12, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0634 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.104 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2466, 29.9608, 59.0849)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EC8 #C87147

analogous

#47C8B1 #479EC8 #475DC8

triadic

#479EC8 #C8479E #9EC847

tetradic

#479EC8 #B147C8 #C87147 #5DC847

square

#479EC8 #B147C8 #C87147 #5DC847

split-complementary

#479EC8 #C8475D #C8B147

monochromatic

#225872 #307DA2 #479EC8 #76B7D6 #A5D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#479EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#479EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479EC8

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EC8	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.104 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad9',
    500: '#479ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ec8;
$custom-light: #87bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.535,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66349,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EC8

secondary

#D1AC9A

accent

#7A4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EC8

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

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