#478DED#478DED

#478DED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.161 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478DED
RGB	rgb(71, 141, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 40.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 9.15, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 55.56, 279.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0362 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.161 257)
XYZ	xyz(27.4039, 26.5008, 83.7753)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478DED #EDA747

analogous

#47E0ED #478DED #5447ED

triadic

#478DED #ED478D #8DED47

tetradic

#478DED #ED47E0 #EDA747 #47ED54

square

#478DED #ED47E0 #EDA747 #47ED54

split-complementary

#478DED #ED5447 #E0ED47

monochromatic

#1151A9 #166CE1 #478DED #7FB0F2 #B6D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#478DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#478DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478DED

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478DED	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6095F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 141, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.161 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadf3',
    500: '#478ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ded;
$custom-light: #8dadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.699,
    "s": 82.178,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.26504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478DED

secondary

#E8CDA8

accent

#8407DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #478DED

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

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