#478AEE#478AEE

#478AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.165 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478AEE
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 11.31, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 57.70, 281.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0333 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.165 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1140, 25.6867, 84.4014)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478AEE #EEAB47

analogous

#47DEEE #478AEE #5747EE

triadic

#478AEE #EE478A #8AEE47

tetradic

#478AEE #EE47DE #EEAB47 #47EE57

square

#478AEE #EE47DE #EEAB47 #47EE57

split-complementary

#478AEE #EE5747 #DEEE47

monochromatic

#104EAB #1568E3 #478AEE #7FAEF3 #B7D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#478AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#478AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478AEE

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478AEE	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A93F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.165 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabf4',
    500: '#478aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478aee;
$custom-light: #8dabf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.928,
    "s": 83.085,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63895,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478AEE

secondary

#E8CFA9

accent

#8806E0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #478AEE

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

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