#478CDB#478CDB

#478CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.139 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CDB
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 3.47, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 46.87, 274.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0394 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.139 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7581, 25.2077, 70.5649)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CDB #DB9647

analogous

#47D6DB #478CDB #4C47DB

triadic

#478CDB #DB478C #8CDB47

tetradic

#478CDB #DB47D6 #DB9647 #47DB4C

square

#478CDB #DB47D6 #DB9647 #47DB4C

split-complementary

#478CDB #DB4C47 #D6DB47

monochromatic

#1B508C #256DBF #478CDB #7AACE5 #ADCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#478CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#478CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CDB

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CDB	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.139 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade6',
    500: '#478cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cdb;
$custom-light: #8aade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.027,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63205,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CDB

secondary

#DDC1A1

accent

#9A3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CDB

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

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