#478DCE#478DCE

#478DCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.121 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DCE
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -1.57, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 40.03, 267.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0439 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.121 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2598, 24.8432, 61.9500)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DCE #CE8847

analogous

#47CECC #478DCE #474ACE

triadic

#478DCE #CE478D #8DCE47

tetradic

#478DCE #CC47CE #CE8847 #4ACE47

square

#478DCE #CC47CE #CE8847 #4ACE47

split-complementary

#478DCE #CE474A #CECC47

monochromatic

#214F7A #2D6EAA #478DCE #77ABDB #A8C9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#478DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#478DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DCE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DCE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7090D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.121 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aedd',
    500: '#478dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dce;
$custom-light: #87aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62717,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DCE

secondary

#D5B79C

accent

#9147E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DCE

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

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