#478DB3#478DB3

#478DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.091 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DB3
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -10.51, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 28.55, 248.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0526 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.091 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2570, 23.6421, 46.1349)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DB3 #B36D47

analogous

#47B3A3 #478DB3 #4757B3

triadic

#478DB3 #B3478D #8DB347

tetradic

#478DB3 #A347B3 #B36D47 #57B347

square

#478DB3 #A347B3 #B36D47 #57B347

split-complementary

#478DB3 #B34757 #B3A347

monochromatic

#24485B #366A87 #478DB3 #71A8C7 #9CC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#478DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#478DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DB3

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DB3	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.091 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeca',
    500: '#478db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478db3;
$custom-light: #84aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.111,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61379,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DB3

secondary

#C4A391

accent

#8155D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DB3

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

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