#478BAD#478BAD

#478BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.086 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BAD
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -11.30, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 26.90, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0525 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.086 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3711, 22.8201, 42.9109)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BAD #AD6947

analogous

#47AD9C #478BAD #4758AD

triadic

#478BAD #AD478B #8BAD47

tetradic

#478BAD #9C47AD #AD6947 #58AD47

square

#478BAD #9C47AD #AD6947 #58AD47

split-complementary

#478BAD #AD4758 #AD9C47

monochromatic

#234556 #356882 #478BAD #6EA7C3 #99C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#478BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#478BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BAD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BAD	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.086 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc5',
    500: '#478bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bad;
$custom-light: #83acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6063,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BAD

secondary

#C19F8E

accent

#7F56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BAD

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

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