#478CCC#478CCC

#478CCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CCC
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -1.67, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 39.51, 267.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0434 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.12 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8717, 24.4531, 60.6296)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CCC #CC8747

analogous

#47CCCA #478CCC #474ACC

triadic

#478CCC #CC478C #8CCC47

tetradic

#478CCC #CA47CC #CC8747 #4ACC47

square

#478CCC #CA47CC #CC8747 #4ACC47

split-complementary

#478CCC #CC474A #CCCA47

monochromatic

#214E77 #2E6DA7 #478CCC #77AAD9 #A7C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#478CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#478CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CCC

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CCC	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87addc',
    500: '#478ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ccc;
$custom-light: #87addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.872,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62384,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CCC

secondary

#D4B69B

accent

#9148E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CCC

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

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