#478AC8#478AC8

#478AC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AC8
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -1.86, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 38.46, 267.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0425 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.117 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1085, 23.6845, 58.0388)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AC8 #C88547

analogous

#47C8C5 #478AC8 #4749C8

triadic

#478AC8 #C8478A #8AC847

tetradic

#478AC8 #C547C8 #C88547 #49C847

square

#478AC8 #C547C8 #C88547 #49C847

split-complementary

#478AC8 #C84749 #C8C547

monochromatic

#224C72 #306BA2 #478AC8 #76A8D6 #A5C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#478AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#478AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AC8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AC8	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abd9',
    500: '#478ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ac8;
$custom-light: #87abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.837,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61718,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AC8

secondary

#D1B49A

accent

#914ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AC8

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

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