#478AC6#478AC6

#478AC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AC6
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -2.53, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 37.52, 266.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0431 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.114 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8763, 23.5916, 56.8159)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AC6 #C68347

analogous

#47C6C2 #478AC6 #474BC6

triadic

#478AC6 #C6478A #8AC647

tetradic

#478AC6 #C247C6 #C68347 #4BC647

square

#478AC6 #C247C6 #C68347 #4BC647

split-complementary

#478AC6 #C6474B #C6C247

monochromatic

#234B70 #316B9F #478AC6 #76A8D4 #A4C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#478AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#478AC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AC6

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AC6	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd7',
    500: '#478ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ac6;
$custom-light: #86abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.346,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61613,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AC6

secondary

#D0B399

accent

#904CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AC6

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

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