#478CA5#478CA5

#478CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.079 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CA5
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -14.36, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 24.49, 234.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0567 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.079 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7655, 22.8106, 39.0040)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478CA5 #A56047

analogous

#47A58F #478CA5 #475DA5

triadic

#478CA5 #A5478C #8CA547

tetradic

#478CA5 #8F47A5 #A56047 #5DA547

square

#478CA5 #8F47A5 #A56047 #5DA547

split-complementary

#478CA5 #A5475D #A58F47

monochromatic

#22434F #35687A #478CA5 #6AA8BF #95C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#478CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#478CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CA5

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CA5	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.079 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adbf',
    500: '#478ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ca5;
$custom-light: #82adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.957,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6052,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CA5

secondary

#BD988B

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CA5

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

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