#478BCF#478BCF

#478BCF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478BCF
RGBrgb(71, 139, 207)
HSLhsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(210, 66%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(56.39, -0.06, -41.39)
CIE-LCHlch(56.39, 41.39, 269.91°)
OKLaboklab(62.32% -0.0416 -0.1172)
OKLCHoklch(62.32% 0.124 250.5)
XYZxyz(23.0895, 24.3075, 62.4944)
Luminance0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478BCF #CF8B47
analogous
#47CFCF #478BCF #4747CF
triadic
#478BCF #CF478B #8BCF47
tetradic
#478BCF #CF47CF #CF8B47 #47CF47
square
#478BCF #CF47CF #CF8B47 #47CF47
split-complementary
#478BCF #CF4747 #CFCF47
monochromatic
#204E7B #2D6CAC #478BCF #78AADC #A8C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58
#478BCF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86
#478BCF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BCF
5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478BCF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478BCF1.003.585.865.86
#FFFFFF3.581.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8621.001.001.00
##0000005.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D8ED2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A81CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 250.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acde',
    500: '#478bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478bcf;
$custom-light: #88acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478BCF
secondary
#D6B99C
accent
#9446E2
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0C1015
muted
#7D7F83

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#478BCF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva