#478AD5#478AD5

#478AD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.133 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478AD5
RGBrgb(71, 138, 213)
HSLhsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(56.41, 2.58, -44.75)
CIE-LCHlch(56.41, 44.83, 273.31°)
OKLaboklab(62.42% -0.0389 -0.127)
OKLCHoklch(62.42% 0.133 253)
XYZxyz(23.6928, 24.3182, 66.3831)
Luminance0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478AD5 #D59247
analogous
#47D1D5 #478AD5 #4B47D5
triadic
#478AD5 #D5478A #8AD547
tetradic
#478AD5 #D547D1 #D59247 #47D54B
square
#478AD5 #D547D1 #D59247 #47D54B
split-complementary
#478AD5 #D54B47 #D1D547
monochromatic
#1E4E84 #296BB5 #478AD5 #79AAE0 #ABC9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58
#478AD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86
#478AD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AD5
5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478AD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478AD51.003.585.865.86
#FFFFFF3.581.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8621.001.001.00
##0000005.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#698FD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5581D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.133 253.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe2',
    500: '#478ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478ad5;
$custom-light: #89abe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.69,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.24321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478AD5
secondary
#D9BE9E
accent
#9942E6
background
#F9FAFD
surface
#F1F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AD5

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#478AD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva