#478CC6#478CC6

#478CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CC6
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -3.69, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 36.71, 264.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0452 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.113 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1659, 24.1708, 56.9124)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CC6 #C68147

analogous

#47C6C1 #478CC6 #474CC6

triadic

#478CC6 #C6478C #8CC647

tetradic

#478CC6 #C147C6 #C68147 #4CC647

square

#478CC6 #C147C6 #C68147 #4CC647

split-complementary

#478CC6 #C6474C #C6C147

monochromatic

#234D70 #316D9F #478CC6 #76A9D4 #A4C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#478CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#478CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CC6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CC6	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)

#738EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add7',
    500: '#478cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cc6;
$custom-light: #86add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.402,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62071,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CC6

secondary

#D0B299

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CC6

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

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