#478AD8#478AD8

#478AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.137 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AD8
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 3.62, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 46.34, 274.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0382 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.137 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0771, 24.4719, 68.4071)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AD8 #D89547

analogous

#47D2D8 #478AD8 #4D47D8

triadic

#478AD8 #D8478A #8AD847

tetradic

#478AD8 #D847D2 #D89547 #47D84D

square

#478AD8 #D847D2 #D89547 #47D84D

split-complementary

#478AD8 #D84D47 #D2D847

monochromatic

#1D4E88 #276BBA #478AD8 #79AAE3 #ACCAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#478AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#478AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AD8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AD8	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.137 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe4',
    500: '#478ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ad8;
$custom-light: #89abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.276,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62592,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AD8

secondary

#DBC0A0

accent

#9A40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AD8

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

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