#478BB9#478BB9

#478BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.098 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BB9
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -7.43, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 31.39, 256.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0483 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.098 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5848, 23.3056, 49.3032)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BB9 #B97547

analogous

#47B9AE #478BB9 #4752B9

triadic

#478BB9 #B9478B #8BB947

tetradic

#478BB9 #AE47B9 #B97547 #52B947

square

#478BB9 #AE47B9 #B97547 #52B947

split-complementary

#478BB9 #B94752 #B9AE47

monochromatic

#254961 #366A8D #478BB9 #73A7CA #A0C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#478BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#478BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BB9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BB9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.098 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acce',
    500: '#478bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bb9;
$custom-light: #84acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61191,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BB9

secondary

#C7A994

accent

#8753D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BB9

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

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