#2478A9#2478A9

#2478A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.109 H 239.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2478A9
RGBrgb(36, 120, 169)
HSLhsl(202, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(202, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 29%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(47.84, -7.39, -33.14)
CIE-LCHlch(47.84, 33.95, 257.43°)
OKLaboklab(54.67% -0.0553 -0.0938)
OKLCHoklch(54.67% 0.109 239.5)
XYZxyz(14.6026, 16.6708, 39.9766)
Luminance0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2478A9 #A95524
analogous
#24A997 #2478A9 #2436A9
triadic
#2478A9 #A92478 #78A924
tetradic
#2478A9 #9724A9 #A95524 #36A924
square
#2478A9 #9724A9 #A95524 #36A924
split-complementary
#2478A9 #A92436 #A99724
monochromatic
#0F3044 #195477 #2478A9 #369AD4 #68B3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84
#2478A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33
#2478A9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2478A9
4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2478A9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2478A91.004.844.334.84
#FFFFFF4.841.0021.001.00
#0000004.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.841.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6178AB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4F6CA8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008489
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2478a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 120, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.109 239.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739ec3',
    500: '#2478a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2478a9;
$custom-light: #739ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2478a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54667,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2478A9
secondary
#C58864
accent
#7E40E8
background
#F7F9FC
surface
#EEF2F8
border
#C9CCD1
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2478A9

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#2478A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva