#478CB4#478CB4

#478CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.092 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CB4
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -9.62, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 29.15, 250.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0511 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.092 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2117, 23.3891, 46.6206)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CB4 #B46F47

analogous

#47B4A6 #478CB4 #4756B4

triadic

#478CB4 #B4478C #8CB447

tetradic

#478CB4 #A647B4 #B46F47 #56B447

square

#478CB4 #A647B4 #B46F47 #56B447

split-complementary

#478CB4 #B44756 #B4A647

monochromatic

#24485C #366A88 #478CB4 #71A8C7 #9DC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#478CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#478CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CB4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CB4	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.092 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adca',
    500: '#478cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cb4;
$custom-light: #84adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.018,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61189,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CB4

secondary

#C5A592

accent

#8355D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CB4

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

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