#478CB8#478CB8

#478CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.097 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CB8
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -8.33, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 30.69, 254.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0497 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.097 239)
XYZ	xyz(20.6251, 23.5545, 48.7976)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CB8 #B87347

analogous

#47B8AC #478CB8 #4753B8

triadic

#478CB8 #B8478C #8CB847

tetradic

#478CB8 #AC47B8 #B87347 #53B847

square

#478CB8 #AC47B8 #B87347 #53B847

split-complementary

#478CB8 #B84753 #B8AC47

monochromatic

#254960 #366A8C #478CB8 #73A8C9 #9FC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#478CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#478CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CB8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CB8	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.097 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adcd',
    500: '#478cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cb8;
$custom-light: #84adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.363,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61378,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.23556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CB8

secondary

#C7A894

accent

#8654D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CB8

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

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