#478DCD#478DCD

#478DCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DCD
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -1.91, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 39.56, 267.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0442 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.12 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1388, 24.7948, 61.3122)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DCD #CD8747

analogous

#47CDCA #478DCD #474ACD

triadic

#478DCD #CD478D #8DCD47

tetradic

#478DCD #CA47CD #CD8747 #4ACD47

square

#478DCD #CA47CD #CD8747 #4ACD47

split-complementary

#478DCD #CD474A #CDCA47

monochromatic

#214F79 #2E6EA9 #478DCD #77ABDA #A7C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#478DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#478DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DCD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DCD	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aedc',
    500: '#478dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dcd;
$custom-light: #87aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62664,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DCD

secondary

#D4B79B

accent

#9047E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DCD

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

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