#478BE3#478BE3

#478BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.150 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BE3
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 6.85, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 51.45, 277.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0365 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.15 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6912, 25.3482, 76.1969)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478BE3 #E39F47

analogous

#47D9E3 #478BE3 #5147E3

triadic

#478BE3 #E3478B #8BE347

tetradic

#478BE3 #E347D9 #E39F47 #47E351

square

#478BE3 #E347D9 #E39F47 #47E351

split-complementary

#478BE3 #E35147 #D9E347

monochromatic

#175098 #1F6BCE #478BE3 #7CACEB #B1CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#478BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#478BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BE3

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BE3	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.150 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacec',
    500: '#478be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478be3;
$custom-light: #8bacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BE3

secondary

#E2C7A4

accent

#A038F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BE3

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

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