#478BD5#478BD5

#478BD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.132 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BD5
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 1.99, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 44.35, 272.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0399 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.132 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8370, 24.6065, 66.4312)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478BD5 #D59147

analogous

#47D2D5 #478BD5 #4A47D5

triadic

#478BD5 #D5478B #8BD547

tetradic

#478BD5 #D547D2 #D59147 #47D54A

square

#478BD5 #D547D2 #D59147 #47D54A

split-complementary

#478BD5 #D54A47 #D2D547

monochromatic

#1E4F84 #296CB5 #478BD5 #79AAE0 #ABCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#478BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#478BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD5

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BD5	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.132 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace2',
    500: '#478bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bd5;
$custom-light: #89ace2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.268,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62646,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BD5

secondary

#D9BD9E

accent

#9742E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD5

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

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