#479EC9#479EC9

#479EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479EC9
RGB	rgb(71, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -12.84, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 32.45, 246.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0631 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.105 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3639, 30.0077, 59.7024)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479EC9 #C97247

analogous

#47C9B3 #479EC9 #475DC9

triadic

#479EC9 #C9479E #9EC947

tetradic

#479EC9 #B347C9 #C97247 #5DC947

square

#479EC9 #B347C9 #C97247 #5DC947

split-complementary

#479EC9 #C9475D #C9B347

monochromatic

#225974 #307DA3 #479EC9 #76B7D7 #A6D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#479EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#479EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479EC9

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479EC9	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad9',
    500: '#479ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ec9;
$custom-light: #87bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66394,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479EC9

secondary

#D2AC9A

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479EC9

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

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