#478EA5#478EA5

#478EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.079 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EA5
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -15.45, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 24.42, 230.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.059 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.079 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0604, 23.4004, 39.1023)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EA5 #A55E47

analogous

#47A58D #478EA5 #475FA5

triadic

#478EA5 #A5478E #8EA547

tetradic

#478EA5 #8D47A5 #A55E47 #5FA547

square

#478EA5 #8D47A5 #A55E47 #5FA547

split-complementary

#478EA5 #A5475F #A58D47

monochromatic

#22444F #35697A #478EA5 #6AAABF #95C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#478EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#478EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EA5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EA5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.079 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbf',
    500: '#478ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ea5;
$custom-light: #82afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61003,
    "c": 0.07901,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EA5

secondary

#BD978B

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EA5

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

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