#478DC8#478DC8

#478DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DC8
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -3.60, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 37.23, 264.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0457 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.114 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5448, 24.5572, 58.1843)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478DC8 #C88247

analogous

#47C8C3 #478DC8 #474CC8

triadic

#478DC8 #C8478D #8DC847

tetradic

#478DC8 #C347C8 #C88247 #4CC847

square

#478DC8 #C347C8 #C88247 #4CC847

split-complementary

#478DC8 #C8474C #C8C347

monochromatic

#224E72 #306EA2 #478DC8 #76AAD6 #A5C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#478DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#478DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DC8

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DC8	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed9',
    500: '#478dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dc8;
$custom-light: #87aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.442,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62404,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DC8

secondary

#D1B39A

accent

#8E4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DC8

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

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