#478CB9#478CB9

#478CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.098 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CB9
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -8.00, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 31.09, 255.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0494 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.098 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7303, 23.5965, 49.3516)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CB9 #B97447

analogous

#47B9AD #478CB9 #4753B9

triadic

#478CB9 #B9478C #8CB947

tetradic

#478CB9 #AD47B9 #B97447 #53B947

square

#478CB9 #AD47B9 #B97447 #53B947

split-complementary

#478CB9 #B94753 #B9AD47

monochromatic

#254961 #366B8D #478CB9 #73A8CA #A0C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#478CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#478CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CB9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CB9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.098 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adce',
    500: '#478cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cb9;
$custom-light: #85adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61426,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CB9

secondary

#C7A994

accent

#8653D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CB9

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

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