#478BCC#478BCC

#478BCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.121 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BCC
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -1.09, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 39.94, 268.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0424 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.121 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7262, 24.1622, 60.5811)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BCC #CC8847

analogous

#47CCCB #478BCC #4749CC

triadic

#478BCC #CC478B #8BCC47

tetradic

#478BCC #CB47CC #CC8847 #49CC47

square

#478BCC #CB47CC #CC8847 #49CC47

split-complementary

#478BCC #CC4749 #CCCB47

monochromatic

#214D77 #2E6CA7 #478BCC #77A9D9 #A7C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#478BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#478BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BCC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BCC	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.121 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdc',
    500: '#478bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bcc;
$custom-light: #87acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.323,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62157,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BCC

secondary

#D4B79B

accent

#9248E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BCC

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

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