#478BDF#478BDF

#478BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.145 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BDF
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 5.46, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 49.40, 276.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0374 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.145 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.1456, 25.1299, 73.3231)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BDF #DF9B47

analogous

#47D7DF #478BDF #4F47DF

triadic

#478BDF #DF478B #8BDF47

tetradic

#478BDF #DF47D7 #DF9B47 #47DF4F

square

#478BDF #DF47D7 #DF9B47 #47DF4F

split-complementary

#478BDF #DF4F47 #D7DF47

monochromatic

#194F92 #226CC6 #478BDF #7BACE8 #AFCDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#478BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#478BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BDF

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BDF	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.145 255.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63213,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BDF

secondary

#DFC4A2

accent

#9D3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BDF

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

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