#478BC4#478BC4

#478BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.111 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BC4
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -3.79, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 36.19, 264.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0448 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.111 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7912, 23.7882, 55.6570)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BC4 #C48047

analogous

#47C4BE #478BC4 #474DC4

triadic

#478BC4 #C4478B #8BC447

tetradic

#478BC4 #BE47C4 #C48047 #4DC447

square

#478BC4 #BE47C4 #C48047 #4DC447

split-complementary

#478BC4 #C4474D #C4BE47

monochromatic

#234C6D #326C9C #478BC4 #75A8D3 #A4C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#478BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#478BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BC4

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BC4	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.111 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd6',
    500: '#478bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bc4;
$custom-light: #86acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.36,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61739,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BC4

secondary

#CFB198

accent

#8E4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BC4

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

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