#478BC9#478BC9

#478BC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BC9
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -2.10, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 38.51, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0433 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.117 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3699, 24.0196, 58.7044)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BC9 #C98547

analogous

#47C9C6 #478BC9 #474AC9

triadic

#478BC9 #C9478B #8BC947

tetradic

#478BC9 #C647C9 #C98547 #4AC947

square

#478BC9 #C647C9 #C98547 #4AC947

split-complementary

#478BC9 #C9474A #C9C647

monochromatic

#224D74 #306CA3 #478BC9 #76A9D7 #A6C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#478BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#478BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BC9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BC9	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd9',
    500: '#478bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bc9;
$custom-light: #87acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BC9

secondary

#D2B59A

accent

#904ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BC9

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

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