#478AA2#478AA2

#478AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.077 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AA2
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -14.18, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 23.88, 233.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0556 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.077 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2061, 22.1235, 37.4862)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AA2 #A25F47

analogous

#47A28C #478AA2 #475CA2

triadic

#478AA2 #A2478A #8AA247

tetradic

#478AA2 #8C47A2 #A25F47 #5CA247

square

#478AA2 #8C47A2 #A25F47 #5CA247

split-complementary

#478AA2 #A2475C #A28C47

monochromatic

#22424D #346677 #478AA2 #69A7BD #94C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#478AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#478AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AA2

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AA2	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.077 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acbd',
    500: '#478aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478aa2;
$custom-light: #82acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 39.056,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AA2

secondary

#BC9689

accent

#7859CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AA2

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

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