#478ADE#478ADE

#478ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.144 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478ADE
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 5.70, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 49.39, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0367 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.144 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8670, 24.7879, 72.5671)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478ADE #DE9B47

analogous

#47D6DE #478ADE #4F47DE

triadic

#478ADE #DE478A #8ADE47

tetradic

#478ADE #DE47D6 #DE9B47 #47DE4F

square

#478ADE #DE47D6 #DE9B47 #47DE4F

split-complementary

#478ADE #DE4F47 #D6DE47

monochromatic

#1A4F91 #236BC5 #478ADE #7BABE7 #AFCCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#478ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#478ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478ADE

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478ADE	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6490E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.144 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe9',
    500: '#478ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ade;
$custom-light: #8aabe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.377,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478ADE

secondary

#DFC4A2

accent

#9E3BEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478ADE

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

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