#478AE6#478AE6

#478AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.155 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478AE6
RGBrgb(71, 138, 230)
HSLhsl(215, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(215, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.30, 8.50, -52.85)
CIE-LCHlch(57.30, 53.53, 279.13°)
OKLaboklab(63.41% -0.0349 -0.1507)
OKLCHoklch(63.41% 0.155 256.9)
XYZxyz(25.9647, 25.2270, 78.3485)
Luminance0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478AE6 #E6A347
analogous
#47DAE6 #478AE6 #5447E6
triadic
#478AE6 #E6478A #8AE647
tetradic
#478AE6 #E647DA #E6A347 #47E654
square
#478AE6 #E647DA #E6A347 #47E654
split-complementary
#478AE6 #E65447 #DAE647
monochromatic
#154F9D #1D6AD3 #478AE6 #7DACED #B3CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47
#478AE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05
#478AE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AE6
6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478AE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478AE61.003.476.056.05
#FFFFFF3.471.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0521.001.001.00
##0000006.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F92EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4683E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.155 256.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babee',
    500: '#478ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478ae6;
$custom-light: #8babee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.717,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478AE6
secondary
#E4C9A5
accent
#A335F3
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

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#478AE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva