#478BB1#478BB1

#478BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.090 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BB1
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -10.02, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 28.29, 249.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0511 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.09 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7640, 22.9773, 44.9800)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BB1 #B16D47

analogous

#47B1A2 #478BB1 #4756B1

triadic

#478BB1 #B1478B #8BB147

tetradic

#478BB1 #A247B1 #B16D47 #56B147

square

#478BB1 #A247B1 #B16D47 #56B147

split-complementary

#478BB1 #B14756 #B1A247

monochromatic

#24465A #356985 #478BB1 #70A7C6 #9BC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#478BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#478BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BB1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BB1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.090 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc8',
    500: '#478bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bb1;
$custom-light: #83acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60813,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BB1

secondary

#C3A390

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BB1

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

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