#478AD3#478AD3

#478AD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.130 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AD3
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 1.90, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 43.83, 272.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0395 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.13 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4406, 24.2173, 65.0545)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AD3 #D39047

analogous

#47D0D3 #478AD3 #4A47D3

triadic

#478AD3 #D3478A #8AD347

tetradic

#478AD3 #D347D0 #D39047 #47D34A

square

#478AD3 #D347D0 #D39047 #47D34A

split-complementary

#478AD3 #D34A47 #D0D347

monochromatic

#1F4E81 #2B6BB2 #478AD3 #78A9DF #AAC9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#478AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#478AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AD3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AD3	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.130 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe1',
    500: '#478ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ad3;
$custom-light: #88abe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AD3

secondary

#D8BC9E

accent

#9743E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AD3

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

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