#478CDC#478CDC

#478CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.140 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CDC
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 3.82, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 47.37, 274.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0391 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.14 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8901, 25.2605, 71.2603)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CDC #DC9747

analogous

#47D7DC #478CDC #4D47DC

triadic

#478CDC #DC478C #8CDC47

tetradic

#478CDC #DC47D7 #DC9747 #47DC4D

square

#478CDC #DC47D7 #DC9747 #47DC4D

split-complementary

#478CDC #DC4D47 #D7DC47

monochromatic

#1B508E #256DC1 #478CDC #7AACE6 #AECCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#478CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#478CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CDC

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CDC	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.140 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade7',
    500: '#478cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cdc;
$custom-light: #8aade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.215,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63261,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CDC

secondary

#DEC2A1

accent

#9A3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CDC

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

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