#478DB9#478DB9

#478DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.097 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DB9
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -8.57, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 30.80, 253.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0505 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.097 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8771, 23.8901, 49.4006)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DB9 #B97347

analogous

#47B9AC #478DB9 #4754B9

triadic

#478DB9 #B9478D #8DB947

tetradic

#478DB9 #AC47B9 #B97347 #54B947

square

#478DB9 #AC47B9 #B97347 #54B947

split-complementary

#478DB9 #B94754 #B9AC47

monochromatic

#254A61 #366B8D #478DB9 #73A8CA #A0C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#478DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#478DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DB9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DB9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.097 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aece',
    500: '#478db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478db9;
$custom-light: #85aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DB9

secondary

#C7A894

accent

#8553D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DB9

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

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