#478BD1#478BD1

#478BD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.127 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BD1
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 0.62, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 42.37, 270.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.041 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.127 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3355, 24.4059, 63.7902)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BD1 #D18D47

analogous

#47D0D1 #478BD1 #4847D1

triadic

#478BD1 #D1478B #8BD147

tetradic

#478BD1 #D147D0 #D18D47 #47D148

square

#478BD1 #D147D0 #D18D47 #47D148

split-complementary

#478BD1 #D14847 #D0D147

monochromatic

#204E7E #2C6CAF #478BD1 #78AADD #A9C9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#478BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#478BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD1

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BD1	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.127 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdf',
    500: '#478bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bd1;
$custom-light: #88acdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.435,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62426,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BD1

secondary

#D7BA9D

accent

#9545E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD1

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

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