#478AC5#478AC5

#478AC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.113 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AC5
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -2.87, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 37.05, 265.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0434 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.113 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7613, 23.5456, 56.2104)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AC5 #C58247

analogous

#47C5C1 #478AC5 #474BC5

triadic

#478AC5 #C5478A #8AC547

tetradic

#478AC5 #C147C5 #C58247 #4BC547

square

#478AC5 #C147C5 #C58247 #4BC547

split-complementary

#478AC5 #C5474B #C5C147

monochromatic

#234B6F #326B9D #478AC5 #76A8D4 #A4C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#478AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#478AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AC5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AC5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.113 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd7',
    500: '#478ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ac5;
$custom-light: #86abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.095,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61561,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AC5

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AC5

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

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