#478BCD#478BCD

#478BCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.122 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BCD
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -0.75, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 40.42, 268.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0421 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.122 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8465, 24.2103, 61.2148)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BCD #CD8947

analogous

#47CDCC #478BCD #4748CD

triadic

#478BCD #CD478B #8BCD47

tetradic

#478BCD #CC47CD #CD8947 #48CD47

square

#478BCD #CC47CD #CD8947 #48CD47

split-complementary

#478BCD #CD4748 #CDCC47

monochromatic

#214D79 #2E6CA9 #478BCD #77A9DA #A7C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#478BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#478BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BCD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BCD	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.122 249.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6221,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BCD

secondary

#D4B79B

accent

#9347E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BCD

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

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