#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
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 1.55, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 43.33, 272.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0397 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.129 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3156, 24.1673, 64.3963)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##478AD2	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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