#478BB6#478BB6

#478BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.095 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BB6
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -8.41, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 30.18, 253.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0493 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.095 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2715, 23.1803, 47.6528)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BB6 #B67247

analogous

#47B6AA #478BB6 #4754B6

triadic

#478BB6 #B6478B #8BB647

tetradic

#478BB6 #AA47B6 #B67247 #54B647

square

#478BB6 #AA47B6 #B67247 #54B647

split-complementary

#478BB6 #B64754 #B6AA47

monochromatic

#25485E #36698A #478BB6 #72A7C8 #9EC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#478BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#478BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BB6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BB6	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.095 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accc',
    500: '#478bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bb6;
$custom-light: #84accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.243,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61048,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BB6

secondary

#C6A793

accent

#8654D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BB6

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

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