#478CA8#478CA8

#478CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.081 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CA8
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -13.43, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 25.25, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0556 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.081 227)
XYZ	xyz(19.0418, 22.9211, 40.4589)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CA8 #A86347

analogous

#47A894 #478CA8 #475BA8

triadic

#478CA8 #A8478C #8CA847

tetradic

#478CA8 #9447A8 #A86347 #5BA847

square

#478CA8 #9447A8 #A86347 #5BA847

split-complementary

#478CA8 #A8475B #A89447

monochromatic

#234452 #35687D #478CA8 #6CA8C1 #97C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#478CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#478CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CA8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CA8	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.081 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc2',
    500: '#478ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ca8;
$custom-light: #83adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60649,
    "c": 0.08143,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.22923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CA8

secondary

#BF9B8C

accent

#7A57D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CA8

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

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