#478BD4#478BD4

#478BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.131 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BD4
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 1.65, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 43.85, 272.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0402 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.131 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7104, 24.5559, 65.7648)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478BD4 #D49047

analogous

#47D1D4 #478BD4 #4947D4

triadic

#478BD4 #D4478B #8BD447

tetradic

#478BD4 #D447D1 #D49047 #47D449

square

#478BD4 #D447D1 #D49047 #47D449

split-complementary

#478BD4 #D44947 #D1D447

monochromatic

#1E4F82 #2A6CB4 #478BD4 #79AAE0 #AACAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#478BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#478BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD4

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BD4	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.131 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace1',
    500: '#478bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bd4;
$custom-light: #88ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.064,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62591,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BD4

secondary

#D9BC9E

accent

#9743E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD4

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

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