#478CC5#478CC5

#478CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.111 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CC5
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -4.03, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 36.25, 263.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0455 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.111 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0509, 24.1248, 56.3070)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CC5 #C58047

analogous

#47C5BF #478CC5 #474DC5

triadic

#478CC5 #C5478C #8CC547

tetradic

#478CC5 #BF47C5 #C58047 #4DC547

square

#478CC5 #BF47C5 #C58047 #4DC547

split-complementary

#478CC5 #C5474D #C5BF47

monochromatic

#234C6F #326D9D #478CC5 #76A9D4 #A4C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#478CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#478CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CC5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CC5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.111 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add7',
    500: '#478cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cc5;
$custom-light: #86add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.143,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6202,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CC5

secondary

#CFB199

accent

#8D4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CC5

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

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