#478ACE#478ACE

#478ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.124 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478ACE
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 0.18, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 41.36, 270.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0408 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.124 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8235, 23.9705, 61.8045)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478ACE #CE8B47

analogous

#47CECE #478ACE #4847CE

triadic

#478ACE #CE478A #8ACE47

tetradic

#478ACE #CE47CE #CE8B47 #47CE48

square

#478ACE #CE47CE #CE8B47 #47CE48

split-complementary

#478ACE #CE4847 #CECE47

monochromatic

#214D7A #2D6BAA #478ACE #77A9DB #A8C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#478ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#478ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478ACE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478ACE	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.124 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abdd',
    500: '#478ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ace;
$custom-light: #87abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.222,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478ACE

secondary

#D5B99C

accent

#9447E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478ACE

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

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