#478DDE#478DDE

#478DDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.141 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DDE
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 3.92, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 47.88, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0396 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.141 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3034, 25.6606, 72.7126)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478DDE #DE9847

analogous

#47D9DE #478DDE #4C47DE

triadic

#478DDE #DE478D #8DDE47

tetradic

#478DDE #DE47D9 #DE9847 #47DE4C

square

#478DDE #DE47D9 #DE9847 #47DE4C

split-complementary

#478DDE #DE4C47 #D9DE47

monochromatic

#1A5191 #236EC5 #478DDE #7BADE7 #AFCDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#478DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#478DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DDE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DDE	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.141 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade8',
    500: '#478dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478dde;
$custom-light: #8aade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.185,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DDE

secondary

#DFC3A2

accent

#9A3BEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DDE

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

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