#478ADD#478ADD

#478ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.143 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478ADD
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 5.36, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 48.88, 276.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.037 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.143 255)
XYZ	xyz(24.7334, 24.7344, 71.8633)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478ADD #DD9A47

analogous

#47D5DD #478ADD #4F47DD

triadic

#478ADD #DD478A #8ADD47

tetradic

#478ADD #DD47D5 #DD9A47 #47DD4F

square

#478ADD #DD47D5 #DD9A47 #47DD4F

split-complementary

#478ADD #DD4F47 #D5DD47

monochromatic

#1A4F8F #246BC3 #478ADD #7BABE7 #AECCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#478ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#478ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478ADD

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478ADD	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.143 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe8',
    500: '#478add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478add;
$custom-light: #8aabe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62878,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.24737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478ADD

secondary

#DEC3A2

accent

#9D3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478ADD

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

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