#478BC5#478BC5

#478BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.112 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BC5
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -3.45, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 36.65, 264.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0445 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.112 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9054, 23.8339, 56.2585)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BC5 #C58147

analogous

#47C5C0 #478BC5 #474CC5

triadic

#478BC5 #C5478B #8BC547

tetradic

#478BC5 #C047C5 #C58147 #4CC547

square

#478BC5 #C047C5 #C58147 #4CC547

split-complementary

#478BC5 #C5474C #C5C047

monochromatic

#234C6F #326C9D #478BC5 #76A8D4 #A4C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#478BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#478BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BC5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BC5	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.112 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd7',
    500: '#478bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bc5;
$custom-light: #86acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.619,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6179,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BC5

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BC5

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

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