#478DA5#478DA5

#478DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.079 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DA5
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -14.91, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 24.45, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0579 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.079 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9123, 23.1042, 39.0529)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DA5 #A55F47

analogous

#47A58E #478DA5 #475EA5

triadic

#478DA5 #A5478D #8DA547

tetradic

#478DA5 #8E47A5 #A55F47 #5EA547

square

#478DA5 #8E47A5 #A55F47 #5EA547

split-complementary

#478DA5 #A5475E #A58E47

monochromatic

#22444F #35687A #478DA5 #6AA9BF #95C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#478DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#478DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DA5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DA5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.079 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aebf',
    500: '#478da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478da5;
$custom-light: #82aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60761,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DA5

secondary

#BD978B

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DA5

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

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