#478CCE#478CCE

#478CCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CCE
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -0.99, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 40.46, 268.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0428 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.122 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1131, 24.5497, 61.9010)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CCE #CE8947

analogous

#47CECC #478CCE #4749CE

triadic

#478CCE #CE478C #8CCE47

tetradic

#478CCE #CC47CE #CE8947 #49CE47

square

#478CCE #CC47CE #CE8947 #49CE47

split-complementary

#478CCE #CE4749 #CECC47

monochromatic

#214E7A #2D6DAA #478CCE #77AADB #A8C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#478CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#478CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CCE

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CCE	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87addd',
    500: '#478cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cce;
$custom-light: #87addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CCE

secondary

#D5B89C

accent

#9247E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CCE

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

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