#478AB8#478AB8

#478AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.098 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AB8
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -7.19, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 31.29, 256.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0476 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.098 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3355, 22.9753, 48.7011)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AB8 #B87547

analogous

#47B8AE #478AB8 #4751B8

triadic

#478AB8 #B8478A #8AB847

tetradic

#478AB8 #AE47B8 #B87547 #51B847

square

#478AB8 #AE47B8 #B87547 #51B847

split-complementary

#478AB8 #B84751 #B8AE47

monochromatic

#254860 #36698C #478AB8 #73A6C9 #9FC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#478AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#478AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AB8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AB8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.098 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accd',
    500: '#478ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ab8;
$custom-light: #84accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.425,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60909,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AB8

secondary

#C7A994

accent

#8854D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AB8

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

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