#478AD9#478AD9

#478AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.138 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478AD9
RGBrgb(71, 138, 217)
HSLhsl(212, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(56.61, 3.97, -46.68)
CIE-LCHlch(56.61, 46.84, 274.86°)
OKLaboklab(62.65% -0.0379 -0.1326)
OKLCHoklch(62.65% 0.138 254)
XYZxyz(24.2068, 24.5238, 69.0900)
Luminance0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478AD9 #D99647
analogous
#47D3D9 #478AD9 #4D47D9
triadic
#478AD9 #D9478A #8AD947
tetradic
#478AD9 #D947D3 #D99647 #47D94D
square
#478AD9 #D947D3 #D99647 #47D94D
split-complementary
#478AD9 #D94D47 #D3D947
monochromatic
#1C4E89 #276BBC #478AD9 #7AAAE3 #ACCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56
#478AD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91
#478AD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AD9
5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478AD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478AD91.003.565.915.91
#FFFFFF3.561.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9121.001.001.00
##0000005.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#678FDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5282D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009CA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.138 254.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe5',
    500: '#478ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478ad9;
$custom-light: #89abe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.466,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62649,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.24526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478AD9
secondary
#DCC0A0
accent
#9B3FE9
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AD9

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#478AD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva