#478CDE#478CDE

#478CDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.142 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478CDE
RGB	rgb(71, 140, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 36.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 4.51, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 48.38, 275.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0386 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.142 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1566, 25.3671, 72.6636)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478CDE #DE9947

analogous

#47D7DE #478CDE #4E47DE

triadic

#478CDE #DE478C #8CDE47

tetradic

#478CDE #DE47D7 #DE9947 #47DE4E

square

#478CDE #DE47D7 #DE9947 #47DE4E

split-complementary

#478CDE #DE4E47 #D7DE47

monochromatic

#1A5091 #236DC5 #478CDE #7BACE7 #AFCDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#478CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#478CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478CDE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478CDE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6792E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 140, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.142 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade9',
    500: '#478cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478cde;
$custom-light: #8aade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.583,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478CDE

secondary

#DFC3A2

accent

#9C3BEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478CDE

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

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