#478BD2#478BD2

#478BD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.128 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BD2
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 0.96, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 42.86, 271.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0407 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.128 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4597, 24.4556, 64.4443)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478BD2 #D28E47

analogous

#47D1D2 #478BD2 #4847D2

triadic

#478BD2 #D2478B #8BD247

tetradic

#478BD2 #D247D1 #D28E47 #47D248

square

#478BD2 #D247D1 #D28E47 #47D248

split-complementary

#478BD2 #D24847 #D1D247

monochromatic

#1F4E7F #2B6CB1 #478BD2 #78AADE #A9C9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#478BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#478BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BD2	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.128 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace0',
    500: '#478bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bd2;
$custom-light: #88ace0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.647,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BD2

secondary

#D8BB9D

accent

#9644E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD2

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

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