#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
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 8.50, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 53.53, 279.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0349 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.155 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9647, 25.2270, 78.3485)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##478AE6	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AE6

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

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