#478CA9#478CA9

#478CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.082 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CA9
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -13.12, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 25.53, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0552 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.082 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1353, 22.9585, 40.9515)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CA9 #A96447

analogous

#47A995 #478CA9 #475BA9

triadic

#478CA9 #A9478C #8CA947

tetradic

#478CA9 #9547A9 #A96447 #5BA947

square

#478CA9 #9547A9 #A96447 #5BA947

split-complementary

#478CA9 #A9475B #A99547

monochromatic

#234553 #35687E #478CA9 #6CA8C1 #97C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#478CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#478CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CA9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CA9	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.082 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc2',
    500: '#478ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ca9;
$custom-light: #83adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60692,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CA9

secondary

#BF9C8C

accent

#7B57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CA9

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

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