#478DC3#478DC3

#478DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.108 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DC3
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -5.27, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 34.98, 261.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0472 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.108 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9700, 24.3273, 55.1570)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478DC3 #C37D47

analogous

#47C3BB #478DC3 #474FC3

triadic

#478DC3 #C3478D #8DC347

tetradic

#478DC3 #BB47C3 #C37D47 #4FC347

square

#478DC3 #BB47C3 #C37D47 #4FC347

split-complementary

#478DC3 #C3474F #C3BB47

monochromatic

#234D6C #326D9A #478DC3 #75AAD2 #A3C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#478DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#478DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DC3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DC3	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.108 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed5',
    500: '#478dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dc3;
$custom-light: #86aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.129,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62149,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DC3

secondary

#CEAF98

accent

#8B4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DC3

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

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