#478BDE#478BDE

#478BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.143 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BDE
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 5.11, -48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 48.88, 276.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0377 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.143 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0111, 25.0762, 72.6151)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BDE #DE9A47

analogous

#47D7DE #478BDE #4E47DE

triadic

#478BDE #DE478B #8BDE47

tetradic

#478BDE #DE47D7 #DE9A47 #47DE4E

square

#478BDE #DE47D7 #DE9A47 #47DE4E

split-complementary

#478BDE #DE4E47 #D7DE47

monochromatic

#1A4F91 #236CC5 #478BDE #7BACE7 #AFCCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#478BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#478BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BDE

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BDE	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.143 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace9',
    500: '#478bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478bde;
$custom-light: #8aace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.98,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63156,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BDE

secondary

#DFC3A2

accent

#9D3BEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BDE

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

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