#478AD2#478AD2

#478AD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.129 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478AD2
RGBrgb(71, 138, 210)
HSLhsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(211, 66%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.25, 1.55, -43.30)
CIE-LCHlch(56.25, 43.33, 272.05°)
OKLaboklab(62.26% -0.0397 -0.1228)
OKLCHoklch(62.26% 0.129 252.1)
XYZxyz(23.3156, 24.1673, 64.3963)
Luminance0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478AD2 #D28F47
analogous
#47D0D2 #478AD2 #4947D2
triadic
#478AD2 #D2478A #8AD247
tetradic
#478AD2 #D247D0 #D28F47 #47D249
square
#478AD2 #D247D0 #D28F47 #47D249
split-complementary
#478AD2 #D24947 #D0D247
monochromatic
#1F4E7F #2B6CB1 #478AD2 #78A9DE #A9C9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60
#478AD2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83
#478AD2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AD2
5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478AD2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478AD21.003.605.835.83
#FFFFFF3.601.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8321.001.001.00
##0000005.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A8ED5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5781D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 252.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe0',
    500: '#478ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478ad2;
$custom-light: #88abe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.079,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62257,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478AD2
secondary
#D8BB9D
accent
#9744E4
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AD2

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#478AD2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva