#478BDB#478BDB

#478BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.140 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BDB
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 4.07, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 47.36, 274.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0384 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.14 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.6126, 24.9168, 70.5164)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BDB #DB9747

analogous

#47D5DB #478BDB #4D47DB

triadic

#478BDB #DB478B #8BDB47

tetradic

#478BDB #DB47D5 #DB9747 #47DB4D

square

#478BDB #DB47D5 #DB9747 #47DB4D

split-complementary

#478BDB #DB4D47 #D5DB47

monochromatic

#1B4F8C #256CBF #478BDB #7AABE5 #ADCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#478BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#478BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BDB

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BDB	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.140 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace6',
    500: '#478bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bdb;
$custom-light: #8aace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62984,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.24919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BDB

secondary

#DDC1A1

accent

#9B3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BDB

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

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