#478EA2#478EA2

#478EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.077 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EA2
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -16.36, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 23.86, 226.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0602 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.077 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7906, 23.2925, 37.6811)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EA2 #A25B47

analogous

#47A288 #478EA2 #4760A2

triadic

#478EA2 #A2478E #8EA247

tetradic

#478EA2 #8847A2 #A25B47 #60A247

square

#478EA2 #8847A2 #A25B47 #60A247

split-complementary

#478EA2 #A24760 #A28847

monochromatic

#22434D #346977 #478EA2 #69ABBD #94C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#478EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#478EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EA2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EA2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.077 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbd',
    500: '#478ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ea2;
$custom-light: #82afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.187,
    "s": 39.056,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60879,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EA2

secondary

#BC9489

accent

#7359CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EA2

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

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