#478AC3#478AC3

#478AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.111 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AC3
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -3.54, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 36.13, 264.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.044 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.111 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5337, 23.4546, 55.0115)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AC3 #C38047

analogous

#47C3BE #478AC3 #474CC3

triadic

#478AC3 #C3478A #8AC347

tetradic

#478AC3 #BE47C3 #C38047 #4CC347

square

#478AC3 #BE47C3 #C38047 #4CC347

split-complementary

#478AC3 #C3474C #C3BE47

monochromatic

#234B6C #326B9A #478AC3 #75A7D2 #A3C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#478AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#478AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AC3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AC3	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.111 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd5',
    500: '#478ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ac3;
$custom-light: #86abd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.581,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61458,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AC3

secondary

#CEB198

accent

#8E4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AC3

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

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