#478DB6#478DB6

#478DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DB6
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -9.54, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 29.65, 251.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0515 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.094 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5637, 23.7648, 47.7503)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DB6 #B67047

analogous

#47B6A8 #478DB6 #4756B6

triadic

#478DB6 #B6478D #8DB647

tetradic

#478DB6 #A847B6 #B67047 #56B647

square

#478DB6 #A847B6 #B67047 #56B647

split-complementary

#478DB6 #B64756 #B6A847

monochromatic

#25495E #366B8A #478DB6 #72A8C8 #9EC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#478DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#478DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DB6

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DB6	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aecc',
    500: '#478db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478db6;
$custom-light: #84aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.162,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61519,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DB6

secondary

#C6A693

accent

#8354D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DB6

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

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