#478BD6#478BD6

#478BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.133 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BD6
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 2.34, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 44.85, 272.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0397 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.133 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9643, 24.6574, 67.1017)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BD6 #D69247

analogous

#47D2D6 #478BD6 #4A47D6

triadic

#478BD6 #D6478B #8BD647

tetradic

#478BD6 #D647D2 #D69247 #47D64A

square

#478BD6 #D647D2 #D69247 #47D64A

split-complementary

#478BD6 #D64A47 #D2D647

monochromatic

#1E4F85 #296CB7 #478BD6 #79ABE1 #ABCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#478BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#478BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD6

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BD6	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.133 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace3',
    500: '#478bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bd6;
$custom-light: #89ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.469,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62702,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BD6

secondary

#DABE9F

accent

#9841E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD6

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

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