#478BAC#478BAC

#478BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.085 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BAC
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -11.62, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 26.58, 244.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0529 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.085 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2747, 22.7816, 42.4032)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BAC #AC6847

analogous

#47AC9B #478BAC #4758AC

triadic

#478BAC #AC478B #8BAC47

tetradic

#478BAC #9B47AC #AC6847 #58AC47

square

#478BAC #9B47AC #AC6847 #58AC47

split-complementary

#478BAC #AC4758 #AC9B47

monochromatic

#234555 #356881 #478BAC #6DA7C3 #99C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#478BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#478BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BAC

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BAC	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.085 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc4',
    500: '#478bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bac;
$custom-light: #83acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.604,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60585,
    "c": 0.08514,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BAC

secondary

#C19F8E

accent

#7F56D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BAC

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

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