#478BAE#478BAE

#478BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.087 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BAE
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -10.98, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 27.24, 246.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0522 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.087 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4682, 22.8590, 43.4225)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BAE #AE6A47

analogous

#47AE9D #478BAE #4758AE

triadic

#478BAE #AE478B #8BAE47

tetradic

#478BAE #9D47AE #AE6A47 #58AE47

square

#478BAE #9D47AE #AE6A47 #58AE47

split-complementary

#478BAE #AE4758 #AE9D47

monochromatic

#244657 #356883 #478BAE #6EA7C4 #9AC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#478BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#478BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BAE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BAE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.087 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc6',
    500: '#478bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bae;
$custom-light: #83acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.388,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60676,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BAE

secondary

#C2A08F

accent

#8056D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BAE

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

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