#478BDD#478BDD

#478BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.142 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BDD
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 4.76, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 48.38, 275.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0379 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.142 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8775, 25.0227, 71.9114)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BDD #DD9947

analogous

#47D6DD #478BDD #4E47DD

triadic

#478BDD #DD478B #8BDD47

tetradic

#478BDD #DD47D6 #DD9947 #47DD4E

square

#478BDD #DD47D6 #DD9947 #47DD4E

split-complementary

#478BDD #DD4E47 #D6DD47

monochromatic

#1A4F8F #246CC3 #478BDD #7BACE7 #AECCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#478BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#478BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BDD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BDD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5083DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.142 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace8',
    500: '#478bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bdd;
$custom-light: #8aace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.8,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63098,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BDD

secondary

#DEC3A2

accent

#9C3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BDD

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

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