#478BDA#478BDA

#478BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.138 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BDA
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 3.72, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 46.85, 274.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0387 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.138 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4814, 24.8643, 69.8252)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BDA #DA9647

analogous

#47D5DA #478BDA #4D47DA

triadic

#478BDA #DA478B #8BDA47

tetradic

#478BDA #DA47D5 #DA9647 #47DA4D

square

#478BDA #DA47D5 #DA9647 #47DA4D

split-complementary

#478BDA #DA4D47 #D5DA47

monochromatic

#1C4F8B #266CBE #478BDA #7AABE4 #ADCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#478BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#478BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BDA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BDA	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.138 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace6',
    500: '#478bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bda;
$custom-light: #89ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.245,
    "s": 66.516,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62927,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BDA

secondary

#DCC1A0

accent

#9A3EE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BDA

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

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