#478DCB#478DCB

#478DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DCB
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -2.59, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 38.62, 266.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0447 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.118 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8989, 24.6988, 60.0489)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DCB #CB8547

analogous

#47CBC7 #478DCB #474BCB

triadic

#478DCB #CB478D #8DCB47

tetradic

#478DCB #C747CB #CB8547 #4BCB47

square

#478DCB #C747CB #CB8547 #4BCB47

split-complementary

#478DCB #CB474B #CBC747

monochromatic

#214E76 #2F6EA6 #478DCB #77ABD8 #A6C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#478DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#478DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DCB

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DCB	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aedb',
    500: '#478dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dcb;
$custom-light: #87aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62559,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DCB

secondary

#D3B59B

accent

#8F49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DCB

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

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