#478BD8#478BD8

#478BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.136 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478BD8
RGBrgb(71, 139, 216)
HSLhsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(56.84, 3.03, -45.75)
CIE-LCHlch(56.84, 45.85, 273.79°)
OKLaboklab(62.81% -0.0392 -0.1299)
OKLCHoklch(62.81% 0.136 253.2)
XYZxyz(24.2213, 24.7602, 68.4551)
Luminance0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478BD8 #D89447
analogous
#47D4D8 #478BD8 #4C47D8
triadic
#478BD8 #D8478B #8BD847
tetradic
#478BD8 #D847D4 #D89447 #47D84C
square
#478BD8 #D847D4 #D89447 #47D84C
split-complementary
#478BD8 #D84C47 #D4D847
monochromatic
#1D4F88 #276CBA #478BD8 #79ABE3 #ACCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53
#478BD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95
#478BD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BD8
5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478BD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478BD81.003.535.955.95
#FFFFFF3.531.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9521.001.001.00
##0000005.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6990DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5482D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.136 253.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace4',
    500: '#478bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478bd8;
$custom-light: #89ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.862,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62814,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478BD8
secondary
#DBBFA0
accent
#9940E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BD8

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#478BD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva