#478DBC#478DBC

#478DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DBC
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -7.59, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 32.00, 256.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0495 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.1 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1971, 24.0181, 51.0861)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DBC #BC7647

analogous

#47BCB1 #478DBC #4752BC

triadic

#478DBC #BC478D #8DBC47

tetradic

#478DBC #B147BC #BC7647 #52BC47

square

#478DBC #B147BC #BC7647 #52BC47

split-complementary

#478DBC #BC4752 #BCB147

monochromatic

#244B64 #356C91 #478DBC #74A9CC #A1C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#478DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#478DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DBC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DBC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed0',
    500: '#478dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dbc;
$custom-light: #85aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.103,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61804,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DBC

secondary

#C9AA95

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DBC

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

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