#478DC5#478DC5

#478DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.111 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DC5
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -4.61, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 35.87, 262.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0466 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.111 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1977, 24.4184, 56.3559)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478DC5 #C57F47

analogous

#47C5BE #478DC5 #474EC5

triadic

#478DC5 #C5478D #8DC547

tetradic

#478DC5 #BE47C5 #C57F47 #4EC547

square

#478DC5 #BE47C5 #C57F47 #4EC547

split-complementary

#478DC5 #C5474E #C5BE47

monochromatic

#234D6F #326D9D #478DC5 #76AAD4 #A4C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#478DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#478DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DC5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DC5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.111 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#478dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dc5;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DC5

secondary

#CFB199

accent

#8C4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DC5

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

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