#478CDA#478CDA

#478CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.137 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#478CDA
RGBrgb(71, 140, 218)
HSLhsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.23, 3.13, -46.26)
CIE-LCHlch(57.23, 46.36, 273.87°)
OKLaboklab(63.15% -0.0396 -0.1314)
OKLCHoklch(63.15% 0.137 253.2)
XYZxyz(24.6269, 25.1552, 69.8736)
Luminance0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#478CDA #DA9547
analogous
#47D5DA #478CDA #4C47DA
triadic
#478CDA #DA478C #8CDA47
tetradic
#478CDA #DA47D5 #DA9547 #47DA4C
square
#478CDA #DA47D5 #DA9547 #47DA4C
split-complementary
#478CDA #DA4C47 #D5DA47
monochromatic
#1C508B #266DBE #478CDA #7AACE4 #ADCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#478CDA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#478CDA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CDA
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##478CDA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##478CDA1.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6991DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5483D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #478cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.137 253.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade6',
    500: '#478cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #478cda;
$custom-light: #89ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#478cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.837,
    "s": 66.516,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63148,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#478CDA
secondary
#DCC0A0
accent
#993EE9
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CDA

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#478CDA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva