#478BDC#478BDC

#478BDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.141 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BDC
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 36.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 4.41, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 47.87, 275.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0382 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.141 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7447, 24.9696, 71.2118)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BDC #DC9847

analogous

#47D6DC #478BDC #4D47DC

triadic

#478BDC #DC478B #8BDC47

tetradic

#478BDC #DC47D6 #DC9847 #47DC4D

square

#478BDC #DC47D6 #DC9847 #47DC4D

split-complementary

#478BDC #DC4D47 #D6DC47

monochromatic

#1B4F8E #256CC1 #478BDC #7AABE6 #AECCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#478BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#478BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BDC

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BDC	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.141 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace7',
    500: '#478bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bdc;
$custom-light: #8aace7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.617,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63041,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BDC

secondary

#DEC2A1

accent

#9B3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BDC

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

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