#478DD8#478DD8

#478DD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.134 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DD8
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 34.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 1.85, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 44.89, 272.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0411 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.134 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5135, 25.3447, 68.5526)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DD8 #D89247

analogous

#47D6D8 #478DD8 #4A47D8

triadic

#478DD8 #D8478D #8DD847

tetradic

#478DD8 #D847D6 #D89247 #47D84A

square

#478DD8 #D847D6 #D89247 #47D84A

split-complementary

#478DD8 #D84A47 #D6D847

monochromatic

#1D5088 #276EBA #478DD8 #79ACE3 #ACCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#478DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#478DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DD8

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DD8	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.134 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee4',
    500: '#478dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dd8;
$custom-light: #89aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DD8

secondary

#DBBEA0

accent

#9740E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DD8

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

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