#478DB8#478DB8

#478DB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.096 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DB8
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -8.89, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 30.41, 252.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0508 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.096 238)
XYZ	xyz(20.7719, 23.8480, 48.8466)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DB8 #B87247

analogous

#47B8AB #478DB8 #4754B8

triadic

#478DB8 #B8478D #8DB847

tetradic

#478DB8 #AB47B8 #B87247 #54B847

square

#478DB8 #AB47B8 #B87247 #54B847

split-complementary

#478DB8 #B84754 #B8AB47

monochromatic

#254960 #366B8C #478DB8 #73A8C9 #9FC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#478DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#478DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DB8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DB8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.096 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aecd',
    500: '#478db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478db8;
$custom-light: #84aecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.832,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61613,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.2385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DB8

secondary

#C7A794

accent

#8554D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DB8

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

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