#478AE2#478AE2

#478AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.150 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AE2
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 7.10, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 51.45, 277.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0358 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.15 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4095, 25.0049, 75.4241)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AE2 #E29F47

analogous

#47D7E2 #478AE2 #5147E2

triadic

#478AE2 #E2478A #8AE247

tetradic

#478AE2 #E247D7 #E29F47 #47E251

square

#478AE2 #E247D7 #E29F47 #47E251

split-complementary

#478AE2 #E25147 #D7E247

monochromatic

#184F97 #206ACC #478AE2 #7CACEA #B1CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#478AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#478AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AE2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AE2	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.150 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babeb',
    500: '#478ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ae2;
$custom-light: #8babeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.065,
    "s": 72.77,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6317,
    "c": 0.14955,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AE2

secondary

#E1C7A4

accent

#A038EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AE2

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

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