#478AB9#478AB9

#478AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AB9
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -6.86, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 31.71, 257.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0472 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.099 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4407, 23.0174, 49.2551)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AB9 #B97647

analogous

#47B9AF #478AB9 #4751B9

triadic

#478AB9 #B9478A #8AB947

tetradic

#478AB9 #AF47B9 #B97647 #51B947

square

#478AB9 #AF47B9 #B97647 #51B947

split-complementary

#478AB9 #B94751 #B9AF47

monochromatic

#254861 #36698D #478AB9 #73A6CA #A0C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#478AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#478AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AB9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AB9	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)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acce',
    500: '#478ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ab9;
$custom-light: #84acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AB9

secondary

#C7A994

accent

#8953D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AB9

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

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