#478CC8#478CC8

#478CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CC8
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -3.02, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 37.63, 265.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0446 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.115 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3981, 24.2637, 58.1353)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CC8 #C88347

analogous

#47C8C3 #478CC8 #474BC8

triadic

#478CC8 #C8478C #8CC847

tetradic

#478CC8 #C347C8 #C88347 #4BC847

square

#478CC8 #C347C8 #C88347 #4BC847

split-complementary

#478CC8 #C8474B #C8C347

monochromatic

#224D72 #306DA2 #478CC8 #76A9D6 #A5C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#478CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#478CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CC8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CC8	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87add9',
    500: '#478cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cc8;
$custom-light: #87add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62175,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CC8

secondary

#D1B39A

accent

#8F4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CC8

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

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