#478BC3#478BC3

#478BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.110 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BC3
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -4.12, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 35.73, 263.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0451 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.11 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6778, 23.7428, 55.0596)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BC3 #C37F47

analogous

#47C3BD #478BC3 #474DC3

triadic

#478BC3 #C3478B #8BC347

tetradic

#478BC3 #BD47C3 #C37F47 #4DC347

square

#478BC3 #BD47C3 #C37F47 #4DC347

split-complementary

#478BC3 #C3474D #C3BD47

monochromatic

#234B6C #326B9A #478BC3 #75A8D2 #A3C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#478BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#478BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BC3

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BC3	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.110 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd5',
    500: '#478bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bc3;
$custom-light: #86acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.097,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61688,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BC3

secondary

#CEB098

accent

#8D4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BC3

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

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