#478BCB#478BCB

#478BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.119 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BCB
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -1.42, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 39.46, 267.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0427 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.119 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6067, 24.1144, 59.9515)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BCB #CB8747

analogous

#47CBC9 #478BCB #4749CB

triadic

#478BCB #CB478B #8BCB47

tetradic

#478BCB #C947CB #CB8747 #49CB47

square

#478BCB #C947CB #CB8747 #49CB47

split-complementary

#478BCB #CB4749 #CBC947

monochromatic

#214D76 #2F6CA6 #478BCB #77A9D8 #A6C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#478BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#478BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BCB

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BCB	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.119 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdb',
    500: '#478bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bcb;
$custom-light: #87acdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BCB

secondary

#D3B69B

accent

#9249DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BCB

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

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