#478DC2#478DC2

#478DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.107 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DC2
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -5.61, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 34.54, 260.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0475 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.107 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8574, 24.2822, 54.5635)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DC2 #C27C47

analogous

#47C2BA #478DC2 #4750C2

triadic

#478DC2 #C2478D #8DC247

tetradic

#478DC2 #BA47C2 #C27C47 #50C247

square

#478DC2 #BA47C2 #C27C47 #50C247

split-complementary

#478DC2 #C24750 #C2BA47

monochromatic

#244C6B #336D99 #478DC2 #75A9D1 #A3C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#478DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#478DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DC2

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DC2	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.107 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed4',
    500: '#478dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dc2;
$custom-light: #86aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.854,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DC2

secondary

#CDAF97

accent

#8A4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DC2

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

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