#478BD7#478BD7

#478BD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BD7
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 2.68, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 45.35, 273.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0394 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.134 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0924, 24.7087, 67.7764)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BD7 #D79347

analogous

#47D3D7 #478BD7 #4B47D7

triadic

#478BD7 #D7478B #8BD747

tetradic

#478BD7 #D747D3 #D79347 #47D74B

square

#478BD7 #D747D3 #D79347 #47D74B

split-complementary

#478BD7 #D74B47 #D3D747

monochromatic

#1D4F86 #286CB9 #478BD7 #79ABE2 #ACCAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#478BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#478BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD7

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BD7	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace4',
    500: '#478bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bd7;
$custom-light: #89ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62758,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BD7

secondary

#DBBF9F

accent

#9941E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD7

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

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