#478BE5#478BE5

#478BE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.152 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478BE5
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 7.55, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 52.48, 278.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0361 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.152 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9689, 25.4592, 77.6591)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478BE5 #E5A147

analogous

#47DAE5 #478BE5 #5247E5

triadic

#478BE5 #E5478B #8BE547

tetradic

#478BE5 #E547DA #E5A147 #47E552

square

#478BE5 #E547DA #E5A147 #47E552

split-complementary

#478BE5 #E55247 #DAE547

monochromatic

#164F9C #1E6BD1 #478BE5 #7DADED #B2CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#478BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#478BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BE5

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478BE5	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6192E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.152 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacee',
    500: '#478be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478be5;
$custom-light: #8bacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.177,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478BE5

secondary

#E3C8A5

accent

#A136F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478BE5

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

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