#478BCE#478BCE

#478BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BCE
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -0.40, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 40.91, 269.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0418 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.123 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9676, 24.2587, 61.8525)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BCE #CE8A47

analogous

#47CECE #478BCE #4748CE

triadic

#478BCE #CE478B #8BCE47

tetradic

#478BCE #CE47CE #CE8A47 #48CE47

square

#478BCE #CE47CE #CE8A47 #48CE47

split-complementary

#478BCE #CE4748 #CECE47

monochromatic

#214E7A #2D6CAA #478BCE #77A9DB #A8C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#478BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#478BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BCE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BCE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdd',
    500: '#478bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bce;
$custom-light: #87acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.778,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62264,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BCE

secondary

#D5B89C

accent

#9347E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BCE

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

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