#478DC6#478DC6

#478DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.112 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DC6
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -4.27, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 36.32, 263.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0463 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.112 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3126, 24.4643, 56.9613)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478DC6 #C68047

analogous

#47C6BF #478DC6 #474EC6

triadic

#478DC6 #C6478D #8DC647

tetradic

#478DC6 #BF47C6 #C68047 #4EC647

square

#478DC6 #BF47C6 #C68047 #4EC647

split-complementary

#478DC6 #C6474E #C6BF47

monochromatic

#234D70 #316E9F #478DC6 #76AAD4 #A4C7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#478DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#478DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DC6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DC6	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.112 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#478dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dc6;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.929,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DC6

secondary

#D0B299

accent

#8D4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DC6

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

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