#478DD9#478DD9

#478DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.135 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DD9
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 2.19, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 45.38, 272.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0409 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.135 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6432, 25.3966, 69.2355)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DD9 #D99347

analogous

#47D6D9 #478DD9 #4A47D9

triadic

#478DD9 #D9478D #8DD947

tetradic

#478DD9 #D947D6 #D99347 #47D94A

square

#478DD9 #D947D6 #D99347 #47D94A

split-complementary

#478DD9 #D94A47 #D6D947

monochromatic

#1C5189 #276EBC #478DD9 #7AACE3 #ACCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#478DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#478DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DD9

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DD9	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.135 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee5',
    500: '#478dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dd9;
$custom-light: #89aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.233,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63315,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DD9

secondary

#DCBFA0

accent

#973FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DD9

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

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