#478BC6#478BC6

#478BC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.113 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BC6
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -3.11, -36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 37.11, 265.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0442 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.113 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0204, 23.8799, 56.8639)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BC6 #C68247

analogous

#47C6C1 #478BC6 #474BC6

triadic

#478BC6 #C6478B #8BC647

tetradic

#478BC6 #C147C6 #C68247 #4BC647

square

#478BC6 #C147C6 #C68247 #4BC647

split-complementary

#478BC6 #C6474B #C6C147

monochromatic

#234C70 #316C9F #478BC6 #76A8D4 #A4C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#478BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#478BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BC6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BC6	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.113 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd7',
    500: '#478bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bc6;
$custom-light: #86acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.874,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BC6

secondary

#D0B299

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BC6

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

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