#478CC9#478CC9

#478CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CC9
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -2.68, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 38.10, 265.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0443 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.116 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5153, 24.3106, 58.7529)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CC9 #C98447

analogous

#47C9C5 #478CC9 #474BC9

triadic

#478CC9 #C9478C #8CC947

tetradic

#478CC9 #C547C9 #C98447 #4BC947

square

#478CC9 #C547C9 #C98447 #4BC947

split-complementary

#478CC9 #C9474B #C9C547

monochromatic

#224D74 #306DA3 #478CC9 #76AAD7 #A6C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#478CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#478CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CC9

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CC9	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87add9',
    500: '#478cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cc9;
$custom-light: #87add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CC9

secondary

#D2B49A

accent

#8F4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CC9

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

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