#478CD9#478CD9

#478CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.136 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CD9
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 2.78, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 45.86, 273.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0399 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.136 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4964, 25.1030, 69.1866)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CD9 #D99447

analogous

#47D5D9 #478CD9 #4B47D9

triadic

#478CD9 #D9478C #8CD947

tetradic

#478CD9 #D947D5 #D99447 #47D94B

square

#478CD9 #D947D5 #D99447 #47D94B

split-complementary

#478CD9 #D94B47 #D5D947

monochromatic

#1C5089 #276DBC #478CD9 #7AACE3 #ACCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#478CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#478CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CD9

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CD9	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.136 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade5',
    500: '#478cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cd9;
$custom-light: #89ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.644,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63092,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CD9

secondary

#DCC0A0

accent

#993FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CD9

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

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