#478AE8#478AE8

#478AE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.157 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AE8
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 232)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 9.20, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 54.57, 279.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0345 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.157 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2472, 25.3400, 79.8361)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AE8 #E8A547

analogous

#47DBE8 #478AE8 #5547E8

triadic

#478AE8 #E8478A #8AE847

tetradic

#478AE8 #E847DB #E8A547 #47E855

square

#478AE8 #E847DB #E8A547 #47E855

split-complementary

#478AE8 #E85547 #DBE847

monochromatic

#144FA1 #1B69D7 #478AE8 #7DADEF #B4CFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#478AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#478AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AE8

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AE8	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.157 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabf0',
    500: '#478ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ae8;
$custom-light: #8cabf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.031,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AE8

secondary

#E5CBA6

accent

#A434F4

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AE8

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

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