#478AE0#478AE0

#478AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.147 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AE0
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 6.40, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 50.42, 277.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0363 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.147 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1366, 24.8958, 73.9872)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478AE0 #E09D47

analogous

#47D7E0 #478AE0 #5047E0

triadic

#478AE0 #E0478A #8AE047

tetradic

#478AE0 #E047D7 #E09D47 #47E050

square

#478AE0 #E047D7 #E09D47 #47E050

split-complementary

#478AE0 #E05047 #D7E047

monochromatic

#194F94 #226BC8 #478AE0 #7BABE9 #B0CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#478AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#478AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AE0

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AE0	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6390E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.147 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabea',
    500: '#478ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ae0;
$custom-light: #8aabea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.725,
    "s": 71.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63053,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AE0

secondary

#E0C5A3

accent

#9F3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AE0

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

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