#479FB3#479FB3

#479FB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479FB3
RGB	rgb(71, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -20.26, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 27.29, 222.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0725 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.088 215)
XYZ	xyz(23.1301, 29.3882, 47.0926)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479FB3 #B35B47

analogous

#47B391 #479FB3 #4769B3

triadic

#479FB3 #B3479F #9FB347

tetradic

#479FB3 #9147B3 #B35B47 #69B347

square

#479FB3 #9147B3 #B35B47 #69B347

split-complementary

#479FB3 #B34769 #B39147

monochromatic

#24515B #367887 #479FB3 #71B7C7 #9CCDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#479FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#479FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479FB3

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479FB3	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc9',
    500: '#479fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479fb3;
$custom-light: #85bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65688,
    "c": 0.08848,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.29391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479FB3

secondary

#C49B91

accent

#6C55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #479FB3

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

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