#478BB5#478BB5

#478BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.094 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BB5
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -8.73, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 29.79, 252.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0497 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.094 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1685, 23.1391, 47.1105)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BB5 #B57147

analogous

#47B5A8 #478BB5 #4754B5

triadic

#478BB5 #B5478B #8BB547

tetradic

#478BB5 #A847B5 #B57147 #54B547

square

#478BB5 #A847B5 #B57147 #54B547

split-complementary

#478BB5 #B54754 #B5A847

monochromatic

#25475D #366989 #478BB5 #72A7C8 #9EC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#478BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#478BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BB5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BB5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.094 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accb',
    500: '#478bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bb5;
$custom-light: #84accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.909,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BB5

secondary

#C5A693

accent

#8554D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BB5

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

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