#478CD3#478CD3

#478CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.128 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CD3
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 0.72, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 42.89, 270.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0415 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.128 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7301, 24.7965, 65.1510)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CD3 #D38E47

analogous

#47D2D3 #478CD3 #4847D3

triadic

#478CD3 #D3478C #8CD347

tetradic

#478CD3 #D347D2 #D38E47 #47D348

square

#478CD3 #D347D2 #D38E47 #47D348

split-complementary

#478CD3 #D34847 #D2D347

monochromatic

#1F4F81 #2B6DB2 #478CD3 #78ABDF #AACAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#478CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#478CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CD3

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CD3	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.128 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ade1',
    500: '#478cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cd3;
$custom-light: #88ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6276,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CD3

secondary

#D8BB9E

accent

#9543E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CD3

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

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