#478CBB#478CBB

#478CBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.100 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CBB
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -7.35, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 31.90, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0487 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.1 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9429, 23.6816, 50.4714)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CBB #BB7647

analogous

#47BBB0 #478CBB #4752BB

triadic

#478CBB #BB478C #8CBB47

tetradic

#478CBB #B047BB #BB7647 #52BB47

square

#478CBB #B047BB #BB7647 #52BB47

split-complementary

#478CBB #BB4752 #BBB047

monochromatic

#254A63 #356B90 #478CBB #74A8CC #A0C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#478CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#478CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CBB

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CBB	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.100 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcf',
    500: '#478cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cbb;
$custom-light: #85adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61522,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CBB

secondary

#C9AA95

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CBB

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

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