#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
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 3.97, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 46.84, 274.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0379 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.138 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.2068, 24.5238, 69.0900)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##478AD9	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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