#478BE6#478BE6

#478BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.154 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478BE6
RGBrgb(71, 139, 230)
HSLhsl(214, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(214, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.57, 7.90, -52.41)
CIE-LCHlch(57.57, 53.00, 278.57°)
OKLaboklab(63.62% -0.0359 -0.1494)
OKLCHoklch(63.62% 0.154 256.5)
XYZxyz(26.1089, 25.5152, 78.3965)
Luminance0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478BE6 #E6A247
analogous
#47DAE6 #478BE6 #5347E6
triadic
#478BE6 #E6478B #8BE647
tetradic
#478BE6 #E647DA #E6A247 #47E653
square
#478BE6 #E647DA #E6A247 #47E653
split-complementary
#478BE6 #E65347 #DAE647
monochromatic
#154F9D #1D6BD3 #478BE6 #7DADED #B3CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44
#478BE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10
#478BE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478BE6
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478BE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478BE61.003.446.106.10
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1021.001.001.00
##0000006.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6192EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4883E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.154 256.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacee',
    500: '#478be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478be6;
$custom-light: #8bacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.34,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63624,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478BE6
secondary
#E4C9A5
accent
#A235F3
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#478BE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva