#478BE0#478BE0

#478BE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.146 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BE0
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 5.80, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 49.91, 276.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0372 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.146 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2808, 25.1840, 74.0352)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478BE0 #E09C47

analogous

#47D8E0 #478BE0 #4F47E0

triadic

#478BE0 #E0478B #8BE047

tetradic

#478BE0 #E047D8 #E09C47 #47E04F

square

#478BE0 #E047D8 #E09C47 #47E04F

split-complementary

#478BE0 #E04F47 #D8E047

monochromatic

#194F94 #226CC8 #478BE0 #7BACE9 #B0CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#478BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#478BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BE0

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BE0	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6491E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.146 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacea',
    500: '#478be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478be0;
$custom-light: #8aacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 71.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63271,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BE0

secondary

#E0C5A3

accent

#9E3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BE0

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

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