#478CD8#478CD8

#478CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.135 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CD8
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 2.44, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 45.36, 273.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0401 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.135 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3667, 25.0511, 68.5036)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CD8 #D89347

analogous

#47D5D8 #478CD8 #4B47D8

triadic

#478CD8 #D8478C #8CD847

tetradic

#478CD8 #D847D5 #D89347 #47D84B

square

#478CD8 #D847D5 #D89347 #47D84B

split-complementary

#478CD8 #D84B47 #D5D847

monochromatic

#1D5088 #276DBA #478CD8 #79ACE3 #ACCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#478CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#478CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CD8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CD8	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.135 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade4',
    500: '#478cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cd8;
$custom-light: #89ade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.448,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63036,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CD8

secondary

#DBBFA0

accent

#9840E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CD8

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

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